Set Up ThingWorx Navigate with Fixed Authentication
If you need a quick setup for testing, or to demonstrate ThingWorx Navigate functionality, you can used fixed authentication.
| Do not use fixed authentication for a production environment. It is not secure. |
Make sure your Windchill connection information is ready. We recommend configuring Windchill with SSL, but it is not required.
Windchill server information
On this screen, provide the location of your Windchill server.
1. Next to Windchill server URL, enter the information for your Windchill server:
◦ To connect to a single Windchill server—Make sure the URL follows the format [http or https]://[windchill-host]:[windchill-port]/[windchill-web-app]
◦ Connecting to a cluster Windchill environment is not supported for fixed authentication.
◦ Connecting to multiple Windchill systems is not supported for fixed authentication.
2. Enter your WindchillUser name and Password.
3. Click Next:
◦ If Windchill is configured for SSL, proceed to the next section, “Fixed authentication settings.”
◦ If you’re using HTTP protocol for Windchill, you are ready to complete the configuration. See the section “Summary: Configuration Settings.”
Fixed authentication settings
Before you provide the information on this screen, prepare the correct TrustStore file, according to whether your Apache Tomcat is configured with SSL:
• Apache Tomcat with SSL—Use the same ThingWorx TrustStore file that you used during the installation to configure Apache Tomcat with SSL. Then, use the keytool utility to import the Windchill SSL certificate to the ThingWorx TrustStore file.
• Apache Tomcat without SSL—Create a ThingWorx TrustStore file using the Java keytool utility, and then import the Windchill SSL certificate into the TrustStore file.
Now that you have the correct TrustStore file, provide the information on the Fixed authentication settings screen:
1. Next to
TrustStore file, click
, and then browse to the location of your
ThingWorx TrustStore file.
Make sure that you have already imported the Windchill SSL certificate to the TrustStore file.
2. Next to Password, enter the password for the TrustStore file.
3. Click Next. The Summary: Configuration Settings page opens.
Summary: Configuration Settings
On this screen, review the settings, and then click Configure. ThingWorx Navigate is configured.
Success!
Your fixed authentication is set up. The ThingWorx Navigate tasks are ready to use:
1. Select the check boxes to open one or both of the programs:
◦ Open ThingWorx Navigate
◦ Open ThingWorx Composer
2. Click Close.
Next steps
Your ThingWorx Navigate is installed and licensed, and the basic configuration is complete. To access ThingWorx Navigate, use the ThingWorx administrator user name and password that you created during the installation.
The next required step is to grant permission to non-administrative users. Follow the steps in
Modify ThingWorx Permissions: Users and Groups.
You can also move on to the optional configurations, such as these:
• Connect to SAP
• Configure with multiple Windchill systems
