Use the Connection Configuration tab to configure the properties that allow the OpenEdge Management to connect to the Progress Application Server. For example, you can edit the PAS for OpenEdge URL, port information, Tomcat and OpenEdge manager credentials, and so on.

Property Default value Description
URL Specify the URL to connect to OpenEdge Manager.
No host verification for SSL Select the check box to skip verification for TLS connections.
Description Specify a description for the connection.
Tomcat manager login tomcat Specify the login ID for Tomcat manager.
Tomcat manager password Specify the password for the Tomcat manager login ID you provided.
OpenEdge manager login tomcat This field is pre-filled with the default username from the webUserName property of the pasmgr.properties file located in the ...\Progress\OpenEdge\properties in the machine where Progress OpenEdge is installed. You may choose to change the OpenEdge manager login either from the Configuration page or from the pasmgr.properties file.
OpenEdge manager password This field is pre-filled with the default password from the webPassword property of the pasmgr.properties file located in the ...\Progress\OpenEdge\properties in the machine where Progress OpenEdge is installed. You may choose to change the OpenEdge manager password either from the Configuration page or from the pasmgr.properties file.
Autostart Select the check box to automatically start the PAS for OpenEdge instance
HTTPS enabled protocols TLSv1.2 Select one or more cryptographic protocols for secure communications.

By default, PAS for OpenEdge supports TLSv1, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.

HTTPS enabled cipher suites Specify comma-separated list of cipher suite values to manually set cipher suites.

By default, OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer support all the cipher suites that are provided by the TLS implementation of the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE).

Optionally, you can click TEST CONNECTION to validate the new or updated properties and ensure that the connection is successful. If the configuration properties are valid, the Test Status dialog box appears with the Test Passed successfully message. And if the properties are invalid, the Error dialog box appears with an error message.