Configure External Domain Only Connections

If only users in domains outside the domain where the Meridian web server is installed will use PowerWeb, some additional configuration is necessary so that the web server address will resolve correctly in the external domains.

To configure external domain only connections:

1. With an administrator account on the Meridian web server, modify the C:\Windows\System32\etc\drivers\hosts file to include the FQDN of the server (as resolved by external domains) at the localhost address.

   For example, 127.0.0.1 myserver.somewhere.cloudapp.azure.com.

2. With an administrator account on the Meridian web server, add the FQDN to a REG_MULTI_SZ value named BackConnectionHostNames in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0.

3. In the Meridian Enterprise Administrator, open the PowerWeb Properties page of the PowerWeb server and set Web server address to the same FQDN as above.

   For example, http://myserver.somewhere.cloudapp.azure.com.

4. In the Meridian Enterprise Administrator, reregister the vault as a PowerWeb location as described in Creating a PowerWeb location.

5. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, unregister the old vault address as described in Unregister repositories.

6. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, register the new vault address as described in Register a Meridian Enterprise vault.

7. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, unregister and reregister the repository in the Meridian Enterprise Server site cache configuration as described in Configure site cache servers.

8. Confirm that the web server address shown is the same as set above.

9. If the configuration works for some vaults but not others, check the Url setting of the vault in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\SiteCache\ContentRepositories.dat.