7.9 Exporting the Access Gateway Configuration Data

  1. In the Administration Console, click Devices > Access Gateway > [Name of Access Gateway].

  2. Click Configuration > Export.

  3. (Conditional) If you want to encrypt the file, specify the following details:

    Password protect: Select this option to encrypt the file.

    Password: Specify a password to encrypt the file. You require the same password during decrypting the file on the target system.

  4. Click OK, then select to save the configuration to a file.

    The filename is the name of the Access Gateway with an xml extension.

  5. (Conditional) If you want to change the names of the proxy services and their DNS names from a staging name to a production name, complete the following:

    1. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

    2. Search and remove the staging suffix.

      If you have specified DNS names with a staging suffix (for example, innerwebstaging.provo.novell.com), you can search for staging.provo.novell.com and remove staging from the name.

      In particular, you need to change the following:

      • Any fully qualified DNS names from the staging name to the production name (DNSName elements in the file)

      • The cookie domains associated with each proxy service (AuthenticationCookieDomain elements in the file)

      • The URL masks in pin lists that contain fully qualified names (URLMask elements in the file)

      Depending upon your naming standards, you might want to change the names of the following:

      • UserInterfaceID elements (proxy service, pin list, and protected resource user interface ID's)

      • Description elements (proxy service, pin list, and protected resource descriptions)

      • Name (proxy service, pin list, and protected resource names)

      • SubServiceID elements

      • MultiHomeMasterSubserviceIDRef elements

      • LogDirectoryName elements

      • ProfileIDRef elements

      • ProtectedResourceID elements

      • ProfileID elements (TCP Listen options name)

    3. (Conditional) If your Web servers in the staging area have different IP addresses and hostnames than the Web Servers in the production area, you can search and replace them in the configuration file or wait until after the import and modify them in the Administration Console.

  6. Click Export and modify the proposed filename if needed.

  7. Copy the Access Gateway configuration file to a place accessible by the target system.

  8. Continue with Importing the Access Gateway Configuration Data.