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--- admin:server_installation_3 [2023/07/24 11:10] – [SSL Certificate] Ujwal Khatry
+++ admin:server_installation_3 [2025/12/02 04:54] (current) – [Configure the computer to restart if the mSupply service does not start] Kahn Wynyard
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 === Configure cache ===
-**Edit** > **Database Settings** > **User settings for Data file**
+**Edit** > **Settings** > **User settings for Data file**
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-== Configure the computer to restart if the mSupply service does not start ==
-  * Sometimes, for some reason, including, for example, after certain Windows OS updates, the mSupply Service will not automatically start, even though you have configured it to.
-  * To guard against this, it may be worth configuring the computer to restart if the mSupply service has not started after a LONG delay, say 120 minutes.  This is done on the **Recovery** tab:
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 ==== SSL Certificate ====
-The mSupply server also has a webserver as mentioned here :
+The mSupply server also has a webserver as mentioned [[web_interface:using_the_web_server#msupply_web_server|here.]]
-It is recommended that a public facing web server should have an SSL certificate installed. For the mSupply server a 'cert.pem'  and 'key.pem' need to be generated using the purchased SSL certificate that has been purchased from a SSL vendor.
+It is recommended that a public facing web server should have an SSL certificate installed. For the mSupply server a 'cert.pem'  and 'key.pem' need to be generated using the SSL certificate that has been purchased from a SSL vendor.
 Theses files needs to be stored inside the folder C:\Program Files\mSupply\mSupply Server\Server Database  as shown in the image below.
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+More recently we have moved towards using Caddy server software which setup a reverse proxy server which use Let's Encrypt to automatically update SSL certificates. This will avoid the need to manually watch and update expiring SSL
 ==== Installing mSupply Client ====
 Needed:  mSupply Client software of the same version (or relatively recent) as the mSupply Server.
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 To locate an mSupply server on a network mSupply client broadcasts over the subnet on random UDP ports from 49157 and above. As such inbound UDP ports from 49157 upwards should be opened on the server firewall. If these UDP ports are not open on the server then the clients cannot automatically find the server. However clients can still be manually directed to the server IP address by holding alt when client is opening, and entering the IP address in the network address field of the custom tab.
-The default ports for client/server communication in mSupply server are TCP 19812 & 19813.
+The default ports for client/server communication in mSupply server are TCP 19812, 19813 & 19814.
-The server firewall will require inbound TCP ports 19812 and 19813 to be opened (however these ports can be changed in mSupply server if required).
+The server firewall will require inbound TCP ports 19812, 19813 and 19814 to be opened (however these ports can be changed in mSupply server if required).
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