Configuring the FlexNet Platform Server

FlexNet Operations 2018

A user must be assigned a role with the View and Manage Configurations permission to modify configuration settings for the FlexNet Platform Server through the Producer Portal.

Note • Before changing any configuration settings in a working FlexNet Operations installation, it is advisable to export the working configuration settings. If there is a problem with the new settings, you have a backup of working settings to restore.

To change FlexNet Platform Server configuration settings through the FlexNet Operations Producer Portal

Click System > Configure.

Click FlexNet Platform Server to open the configuration page for the FlexNet Platform Server.

View or change the values of the settings below.

Click Save Configs to save changes.

The Producer Portal saves your configuration changes.

The platform server settings include the following. Note that default values are listed as the first choice. Also, required fields are indicated with an asterisk.

FlexNet Platform Server Configurations
Name	Possible Values	Description	Rqd
Outbound Mail Server Host	mail or specify	The name of the machine that hosts the mail server for mail sent from FlexNet Operations. Default: fnosmtp	*
Outbound Mail Security	None or SSL	Type of security set for mail sent from FlexNet Operations.
Outbound Mail Server Port	0 or specify	The port on which the outbound mail server runs: Set to 0 to use the default port determined by security: SMTP/None: 25 SMTP/SSL: 587	*
Outbound Mail Logging Detail	Brief or Verbose	Level of detail of outbound mail written to the FlexNet Operations application log. Default: Brief
Outbound Mail Account		Mail account to use for mail sent from FlexNet Operations: Typically left blank. Value needed only if outbound mail server requires account authentication.
Outbound Mail Password (Confirm)		Password to use for Outbound Mail Account: Provide confirmation for the password.
From-Address for Outbound Mail	flexnet-server or specify	Email sent from FlexNet Operations is sent from this email address. (Should be an actual account in the email system.) Default: flexnet-server@myorg.com	*
FlexNet Application Logging Threshold	Debug Messages Informational Messages Warnings Errors	The maximum level of detail for the messages written to the FlexNet Operations application log file after FlexNet Operations starts: Only messages at or below the selected level of detail are displayed in the log.
FlexNet Application Performance Logging	Selected or unselected	Select to enable performance logging in the application. Default: unselected
Session Timeout	30 or specify	If a user has been inactive for the specified amount of time (minutes), the user must log in to FlexNet Operations again.	*
Consecutive Failed Authentications	3 or specify	Number of consecutive failed attempts to log in before a non-shared user is deactivated: These attempts are counted over the Time Period for Failed Authorizations.	*
Time Period for Failed Authorizations	1440 or specify	Amount of time (minutes) during which Consecutive Failed Authentications are allowed before the user is deactivated.	*
Default Account for External Domain	MYORG or specify	Name of the default account to be used when the account of the external domain user does not map to any account in the FlexNet Operations application. The default account for a user belonging to an external domain is MYORG. This can be changed.	*
HTTP Response Header X-FRAME-OPTIONS	SAMEORIGIN DENY	A value for X-Frame-Options in the HTTP response header. Check browser support for specified value. Default: SAMEORIGIN
HTTP Response Header P3P		A value for P3P in the HTTP response header. Specify an appropriate P3P value if a browser privacy policy is required.
Number of Days Email Copies retained	1 or specify	The total number of days the email history will be retained. The Purge Email History job will read this configuration and based on the number of days set, will delete all the email copies.	*
Log emails in history, do not send them	Selected or unselected	When selected, emails are be logged to the email history but only reset password emails are sent. Default: unselected Note • For emails generated by Order Media requests, there are two emails that are triggered. One uses the template and is sent to the end user. The other does not use the template and is sent to the producer. Because this configuration setting only applies to emails generated from templates, the email sent to the producer will still be sent.

Configuring the FlexNet Platform Server

FlexNet Operations Producer Portal Help Library

February 2018