Accessing the Enterprise Connector Grid Management UI remotely

When you deploy the Enterprise Connector on a Linux host, this step is required. For a Windows host deployment, this step is optional because you can also open the Grid Management user interface locally.

To access the Grid Management user interface from a remote browser:

Create a client certificate for authentication:

For Windows, create a copy of this sample script:

rem Create Grid client certificate for provisioning
set INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Infor\ION Enterprise Connector
set CLI=%INSTALLDIR%\tools\grid-cli.jar 
set CLIENTDIR=C:\Temp
java -jar "%CLI%" -dir "%INSTALLDIR%" certificate clientCreate 
-clientname="Grid Management UI access" -keystoreType="PKCS12" 
-roles="grid-admin" -fileDir="%CLIENTDIR%" -fileName="myclientcert"

For Linux, create a copy of this sample script:

#create Grid client certificate for provisioning
INSTALLDIR=/var/infor/IONEnterpriseConnector
CLI=${INSTALLDIR}/tools/grid-cli.jar
CLIENTDIR=/tmp
java -jar ${CLI} -dir ${INSTALLDIR} certificate clientCreate 
-clientname="Grid Management UI access" -keystoreType="PKCS12" 
-roles="grid-admin" -fileDir=${CLIENTDIR} -fileName="myclientcert"}}

Make these changes to the script:
- Set INSTALLDIR to the installation folder of Enterprise Connector.
- Set CLIENTDIR to the folder where you want to create the keystore and password file.
Run the script.

Prepare your browser.
1. Import the client certificate keystore, generated in the previous step, in your browser personal keystore. The procedure to do this depends on the browser.
2. In your browser, open this URL:
  https://<hostname>:<host router https port>/grid/ui/soho
3. A warning, that the SSL certificate of the Grid is not trusted, is displayed. Accept the exception.