Synchronizing Offline

Data Platform 

If your Data Platform Server does not have an Internet connection, you can update the Technopedia Catalog by downloading the latest iteration of the Technopedia Catalog to an Internet-connected machine, copying the downloaded files to the Data Platform Server, and then uploading those files to the Data Platform.

Synchronization behavior is slightly different when the Data Platform server has TLS 1.2 enabled. On the Synchronization page of the Admin Console, after the user clicks Start Synchronization, a download dialog window pops up, which will automatically dismiss itself.

Also in the BDNA.log, the following exception will be logged: "INFO System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm".

These are known limitations that do not affect functionality, and will be addressed in the future releases.

To synchronize the Catalog offline:

1.

Open the Technopedia Catalog Synchronization page.

2.

Click Settings, located in the upper-right of the page. The Technopedia Catalog Settings page opens.

3.

Click the Offline Synchronization radio button.

4.

Copy and paste the information in the Download Address field into the address field of an Internet-connected browser. This will enable you to manually download the Technopedia Catalog to the Data Platform server.

5.

Copy the downloaded files to the Data Platform server.

6.

Click the Upload Technopedia Catalog button and specify the path to where you copied the Technopedia Catalog files.

7.

(Optional) Click the checkbox for Automatic updates. This enables the automatic download of software updates. If a new update is available, then a banner will display on the main screen of the Administration Console.

8.

Click the Save and Synchronize button.