Server Properties dialog

Displays general information about the ProjectWise server, and lets you control various server settings. The Server Properties dialog opens when you right-click the name of a server in ProjectWise Administrator and select Properties.

General tab

Setting	Description
Identification area	Displays the host name and server address of the computer on which the server is installed.
Licensing	Displays current licensing information for the server.
This server can publish datasources	If on, you can create new datasources on the server. You need a license for this option.
This server can only publish links	If on, you cannot create datasources on the server, but you can access existing ones. You do not need a license for this option.

Security tab

See below for quick reference. For more information, see Preventing Connections to a Server or Datasource Using Deny Lists.

Setting	Description
Security Type	Connections - Select this type if you want to specify any computers that this server will not accept connections from. Datasource list publishing - Select this type if you want to specify any computers that this server's datasources will not be published to. Client versions login - Select this type if you want to specify any ProjectWise Explorer versions that this server will not accept logins from. Client versions admin login - Select this type if you want to specify any ProjectWise Administrator versions that this server will not accept logins from.
Deny / Allow	When specifying computers to deny or not publish to, use the Deny section (bottom) to specify the computers to deny, and only use the Allow section (top) to specify any exceptions to the deny / do not publish to list. When specifying versions to deny, either use the Deny section (bottom) to specify the computers to deny, or use the Allow section (top) to specify the versions to allow.

Setting

Description

Security Type

Connections - Select this type if you want to specify any computers that this server will not accept connections from.
Datasource list publishing - Select this type if you want to specify any computers that this server's datasources will not be published to.
Client versions login - Select this type if you want to specify any ProjectWise Explorer versions that this server will not accept logins from.
Client versions admin login - Select this type if you want to specify any ProjectWise Administrator versions that this server will not accept logins from.

Deny / Allow

When specifying computers to deny or not publish to, use the Deny section (bottom) to specify the computers to deny, and only use the Allow section (top) to specify any exceptions to the deny / do not publish to list.

When specifying versions to deny, either use the Deny section (bottom) to specify the computers to deny, or use the Allow section (top) to specify the versions to allow.

Timeouts tab

Used to set the length of time a connection can be idle (not sending requests to the server) before it is closed.

Setting	Description
Time Out	Time in seconds that the connection can be idle before the connection is dropped by the server. The default is 600.
Wait Busy	Time in seconds that the request by the web client may wait on the server to get services in the situation that the server is currently serving the same client on another operation. The default is 0.

Connection tab

See below for quick reference. For more information, see: Running the Server in Secure Mode

Setting	Description
Use secure connection	Turn this setting on when you want the server to run in secure mode. Turning this setting on enables the SSL certificate common name field.
SSL certificate common name	Running in secure mode requires an SSL certificate. After turning on Use secure connection, enter the common name (CN) of your secure certificate.
TLS Lowest Version	Used to set the lowest version of TLS that connections on a particular server can use.

Note: After you configure the settings on the Connection tab, you must restart the service for the ProjectWise Integration Server, in order to switch the server to now run in secure mode.

Encryption tab

Displays the public key of the ProjectWise Integration Server, which the ProjectWise Caching Server uses to validate client requests and verify the user's access.

Spatial tab

Used to set the location of the coordinate systems dictionary, which by default is set to C:\Program Files\Bentley\ProjectWise\bin\dictionary. The coordinate systems dictionary defines what coordinate systems are available for adding to the datasource.