License and Configure the Connection Manager
- Last Updated: August 6, 2025
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- Progress Connection Manager for ObjectScale
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Follow the steps below on a computer that is connected to the same network as the Connection Manager:
- Open a web browser.
- In the address bar, type https:// followed by the Connection Manager IP address, for example, https://192.168.1.1.
- A warning may appear regarding website security certificates. Click the continue/ignore option.
- The Connection Manager End User
License Agreement screen appears.Note: Read the license agreement and click the Agree button to proceed.
- If using the Online licensing method, fill out the fields and click License Now.Note: If using the Offline Licensing method, select Offline Licensing, obtain the license text, paste it into the License field and click Apply License.Note: When licensing a hardware box, ensure you do not enter an Order ID. Licensing is performed based on the Serial Number entered during pre-provisioning.
- The Change
Password screen appears
- Type a password for the bal user in the Password input field and retype it in the Retype Password input field. The login screen appears again.
- Enter the bal user name and the new password as defined in the previous step.
- In the screen informing that the password has changed, click the Continue button.
- If the machine has shipped with
a temporary license, a warning appears informing that a temporary license has
been installed on the machine and for how long the license is valid.
- Click OK.
- The Appliance Vitals screen of the Connection Manager appears.
- Go to System Configuration > Network Setup in the main menu.
- Click the eth0 menu option within the Interfaces
section.
- In the Network Interface 0 screen, enter the IP address of the eth0 interface, the network facing interface of the Connection Manager, in the Interface Address input field.
- Click the Set Address button.
- Click the eth1 menu option within the Interfaces section.
- In the Network Interface 1 screen, enter the IP address of the eth1 interface, the farm-side interface of the Connection Manager, in the Interface Address text box.
- Click the Set Address button.Note: This interface is optional, depending on the network configuration.
- In the main menu, go to System Configuration > Local DNS Configuration >
Hostname Configuration menu option.
- Enter the hostname in the Current Hostname text box and click Set Hostname.
- Click the Set Hostname button.
- In the main menu, go to Local DNS Configuration > DNS Configuration.
- In the DNS configuration screen, enter the IP address(es) of the DNS Server(s) that will be used to resolve names locally on the Connection Manager into the DNS NameServer text box.
- Click Add.
- Enter the domain name that is to be prepended to requests to the DNS nameserver into the DNS NameServer text box.
- Click Add.
- In the main menu, go to System Configuration > Network Setup > Default
Gateway.
- Enter the IP address of the default gateway in the IPv4 Default Gateway Address text box and click Set IPv4 Default Gateway.
- If you have an IPv6 Default Gateway, enter the value in the IPv6 Default Gateway Address text box and click Set IPv4 Default Gateway.
The Connection Manager is now fully installed and ready to be used.