Establishing the connection

Once the certificate is configured in Windows, several steps are required in Workbench to approve the self-signed certificate and establish the secure connection.
Prerequisites: Workbench is open and connected to the station. The management server is on line and ready to connect.
  1. To connect to the management server, right-click the MilestoneXProtectNetwork and click Actions > Connect.
    The native process presents the certificate you created, but, since it has not yet been approved as an allowed host, the connection fails.
  2. To approve the certificate, in Workbench right-click Platform and click Views > Certificate Management.
  3. Click the Allowed Hosts tab, select the certificate and click Approve.
  4. Test the connection again by right-clicking the MilestoneXProtectNetwork and clicking Actions > Connect.
    Again the connection fails because the localhost also needs to approve the certificate.
  5. To approve the certificate, in Workbench right-click Platform and click Views > Certificate Management
  6. To complete the assignment right-click the MilestoneXProtectNetwork node and click Actions > Connect.
    The Status should report {connected}.

    To get an additional response, you may also right-click the XProtectManagementServer and click Actions > Ping.