5.1 Methods of Setting Up iPrint Appliance

You can set up iPrint Appliance as a new copy, or you can upgrade from an earlier version.

  1. On a Web browser, use either the DNS name or the IP Address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or https://iprint.example.com:9443.

    Ignore the security certificate warning, and continue to the iPrint Appliance Management Console. To avoid the security warning prompt every time you access the iPrint Appliance Management Console, you can add the certificate to the trusted certificates list on your browser.

  2. Specify vaadmin or root as the user name.

  3. Specify the password, then click Log in.

    The Management Console page is displayed.

  4. Click iPrint Appliance Configuration.

    The iPrint Initial Configuration Wizard window is displayed.

  5. Select New or Upgrade, then click Next.

5.1.1 New

  1. Specify the following information:

    Table 5-1 iPrint Initial Configuration Wizard

    General

    Authentication Realm: Specify the authentication domain. All the Windows and Mac desktop clients on your network authenticate against the Authentication Realm. On OES iPrint and Netware, the Authentication Realm was the eDirectory Tree name. When a user logs on to the workstation with Novell eDirectory credentials, the credentials are shared with the iPrint Client to provide seamless login experience to all the iPrint servers in your tree.

    iPrint Appliance has its own internal user store. Therefore, independent Authentication Realms are possible. The administrator can setup each appliance to only use its internal user store, or integrate with other user sources by using the LDAP Import feature. The administrator can set the Authentication Realm independently for each iPrint Appliance, or use the same Authentication Realm on all appliances for a single-sign-on ability.

    DNS for Print Manager: Specify the DNS name in the format displayed in the box. It is recommended that you do not use the DNS name of iPrint Appliance. Specify a DNS name that follows the Print Manager.

    The DNS name is important for the Windows and Mac desktop clients. It allows you to move the server without interrupting the workstations. The DNS name must resolve to the IP address of the Appliance. You must validate that the DNS address is correct and functional before continuing because a wrong DNS address can result in errors. Click the Validate DNS Name button to verify the validity.

    The DNS name is also known as a CNAME record. It is a DNS name tied to a service, rather than a server. If you choose to specify a CNAME record, ensure that the chosen name resolves to the IP address of iPrint Appliance.

    Embedded Data Store

    Administrator Username: The administrator account user name is pre-populated in the following format: cn=admin,o=iPrintAppliance. This field is not editable.

    Administrator Password: Specify the password for the administrator account. Administrator password is the eDirectory administrator Password. It is used for eDirectory and iManager.

    Re-type Password: Specify the password again to confirm.

    Driver Store

    Local: If you want to use a local Driver Store, select Local. You can manage the Local Driver Store using iManager.

    Remote: If you have an existing Driver Store configured with another iPrint Appliance or OES server, you can use that Driver Store by selecting the Remote option, then specifying the DNS Name/Address, User name and Password of the server containing the Driver Store.

    NOTE:Specify the credentials of the admin account of the server where the Driver Store resides.

    You can share the Driver Store with all your appliances and even your existing OES environment. This allows you to upload drivers to a single source and share the drivers with all appliances on your network. The Driver Store simplifies administration effort across your enterprise.

    NOTE:If you configure a Remote Driver Store, you cannot manage it through the iPrint Appliance iManager. You must manage the Remote Driver Store from the Appliance or OES where the Driver Store resides.

  2. Click Finish.

After configuring iPrint Appliance, you must create printers. You can create printers using the Management Console. If you have an existing iPrint Appliance or OES iPrint system, you can also import printers. To create printers, see Section 5.2, Creating and Configuring Printers.

5.1.2 Upgrade

You can use the Upgrade option in two scenarios:

  • Upgrading iPrint Appliance from an earlier version

  • Importing the configuration settings from an existing copy of iPrint Appliance

When you select the Upgrade option, you are prompted to provide a configuration file iprintconfig.zip. To create a configuration file, you must export the configuration information from an existing copy of iPrint Appliance.

To create the iprintconfig.zip file form an existing copy of iPrint Appliance, see Exporting the Configuration File.

If you already have the iprintconfig.zip file, continue to Upgrading iPrint Appliance.

IMPORTANT:If you want to use an external disk to upgrade iPrint Appliance, you must add the virtual machine hard disk of the older version of iPrint Appliance to the new version, navigate to the DataStore location, then select the vmdk file of the older version of iPrint Appliance.

Exporting the Configuration File

  1. On a Web browser, use either the DNS name or the IP Address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or https://iprint.example.com:9443.

    Ignore the security certificate warning, and continue to the iPrint Appliance Management Console.

  2. Specify vaadmin or root as the user name.

  3. Specify the password.

    The Management Console page is displayed.

  4. Click the iPrint Appliance Configuration icon.

  5. Under Administration, click Export Configuration.

  6. Specify the eDirectory administrator Password, then click Export.

    NOTE:eDirectory administrator Password is the password that you use for the administrator account of iPrint Appliance when using iManager.

    The iprintconfig.zip file is created. This is the backup file. The backup file contains the configuration information.

    NOTE:Log files are not backed up when exporting the configuration file.

Upgrading iPrint Appliance

When upgrading to a new version of iPrint Appliance from an older version, ensure that the newly deployed version of iPrint Appliance has the same network configuration, passwords, and time zone as that of the older version of iPrint Appliance from which you exported the iprintconfig.zip configuration file.

  1. On a Web browser, use either the DNS name or the IP Address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or https://iprint.example.com:9443.

    Ignore the security certificate warning, and continue to the iPrint Appliance Management Console.

  2. Specify vaadmin or root as the user name.

  3. Specify the password.

    The Management Console page is displayed.

  4. Click iPrint Appliance Configuration.

    The iPrint Initial Configuration Wizard window is displayed.

  5. Select Upgrade, then click Next.

  6. In the File option, click Choose File, then select the configuration file exported from a previous copy of iPrint Appliance.

  7. Specify the eDirectory Password.

    NOTE:eDirectory Password is the password that you specified when exporting the configuration file from the previous copy of iPrint Appliance.

  8. Click Finish.

After upgrading iPrint Appliance, you must copy the license file from the older version of iPrint Appliance to the newly installed version. For information on updating your license, see Section 12.0, iPrint Appliance License Information.