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--- admin:server_installation_3 [2023/06/12 11:41] – [Manually configuring the mSupply client] Ujwal Khatry
+++ admin:server_installation_3 [2024/06/19 05:02] (current) – [Configuring Windows firewall on server] Kahn Wynyard
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 === Configure cache ===
-**Edit** > **Database Settings** > **User settings for Data file**
+**Edit** > **Settings** > **User settings for Data file**
 {{ :admin:user_settings_-_edit.png?800 |}}
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+==== SSL Certificate ====
+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 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.
+{{ :admin:msupply_server_ssl_2023-07-24-t16-22.png?400 |}}
+The cert.pem file contains the certificate in the following format and can have the root as well as the intermediate certificate.
+<code>
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIGUzCCBTugAwIBAgIRAP9nsdfsfdsdfYH0oEZgg3k28WUoYQgQwDQYJKoZIhvc
+gY8xCzAJBgNVBAYTAkdCMRswGQYDVQQIExJHcmVhdGVyIE1hbmNoZXN0ZXIxEDAO
+BgNVBAcTB1NhbGZvcassdsdmQxGDAWBgNVBAoTsdfsD1NlY3RpZ28gTGltaXRlZD
+AxMuU2VjdGlnbyBSU0EgRG9tYWluIFZhbGlkYXRpb24gU2VjdXJlIFNlcnZlciBD
+QTAeFw0yMzA2MTYwMDAwMdsadsdDBaFw0yNDA2MTUyMzU5NTlaMCExHzAdBgNVB
+Junk
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIGEzdddhuyuyuyuCCA/ugAwIBAasdasdgIQfVtRJrR2uhHbdBYLvFMNpzANBg
+iDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEzARBgNVBAgTCk5ldyBKZXJzZXkxFDASBgNVBAcTC0pl
+cnNleSBDaXR5MR4wHAYDVQQKExVUaGUgVVNFUlRSVVNUIE5ldHdvcmsxLjAsBgNV
+BAMTJVVTRVJUcnVzdCBSU0EgQsdsd2VydGlmaWNhdGlvbiBBdXRob3JpdHkwHhc
+MTAyMDAwMDAwWhcNMzAxMjMxMjM1OTU5WjCBjzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxGzAZBgNV
+Junk
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+</code>
+The the key.pem file contains
+<code>
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEvAIBADANBgkasasdfqhkiG9w0BhgghAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQCqPA
+TZB5GnFAODhHMTU+pqGD8eS6NOzWwhoyb2dvZv1w2Gh6fcprPUpATltvcMe8q+fe
++ITiYylKfcs2nNYyirr2sdfsdfSPGMKR277MW6G7etFCGjBH/Ae9gRcFk4z8Arnj
+e9oRf/UChO21bHjN9itHGIT/7ssp068EufJ+thAdDxzp3xNw70lkAXMxzsZhSJ8k
+CTvUxUF6Niul/1ZReUURCZp6coIweewerRhoLe6KXpgfuuIqtpvyOs2AcGRI6qfx
+iC20nTBKweefzPg4Uo9d6DdhQD7xdklD1SXlcTgEXpa0Cc/iUGthXWvyWyff5uB
+junk==
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
+</code>
+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).
 </WRAP>
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 === Forcing mSupply client to connect to a specific mSupply Server ===
+Within an organisation it is possible to have multiple mSupply server running like in the image shown below.
+{{ :admin:mutiple_msupply_client.png?300 |}}
+Now you as a administrator may require a particular mSupply client to connect to one of the server and to ignore the others. To reduce confusion to the user you may require the user to connect to a particular mSupply client.
+It is possible to direct a mSupply client application to look out for a particular mSupply server only. Let us assume that you want a certain computer to access the mSupply server with a IP address of : 192.168.3.200
+  * Install the mSupply Client.
+  * Navigate to `C:\mSupply client\Database`
+  * You will see the `EnginedServer.4DLink`  file,  use Notepad to open it.
+  * For the server path `server_path=":19813"`  Enter a valid msupply server IP like  `server_path="192.168.3.200:19813"`
+  * save the `EnginedServer.4DLink`  file
+  * Now when you start the mSupply client, it will know where the mSupply server is and will look for the IP : 192.168.3.200
+{{ :admin:solomons_4dclient_link_file-2023-06-08-t19-38.png?700 |}}
 ==== mSupply Server configuration ====