Access to Manufacturing Connect

there are multiple methods to log in to manufacturing connect, along with different aspects of the manufacturing connect to access the following methods and aspects of manufacturing connect are available to log in to access the manufacturing connect user ui access the terminal user interface (tui) access the manufacturing connect admin console access keycloak access web user ui you must change your password when you log in to the manufacturing connect software for the first time in some cases, you may want to use the terminal user interface (tui) when you don't have access to a network system in this case, you can locally connect your keyboard and monitor to the manufacturing connect system and you should be able to access and configure some of the network systems the initial user name and password is set up to create a local user name and password for the user manufacturing connect uses a self signed certificate this prompts the browser to display an error message follow the browser guidelines for how to bypass a self signed security error message see browser issues docid\ ofngqwg3rd3gj1ymg24b9 for more information before you begin to access the software, you must use google chrome, mozilla firefox, or apple safari the browser must be connected to the same network as the software and devices make sure your personal computing device is able to establish network communication through routing even if it is not connected to the same network make sure you have noted the ip address from the vm during installation to log in to manufacturing connect from a browser, enter the application url https //\[domain name] ( domain name is on of the parameters the installation script outputs) see install / upgrade manufacturing connect docid\ yhwg58leb5hm4g507yeg0 for details the login screen appears retrieve manufacturing connect login credentials from its application details page within google kubernetes engine enter the retrieved login credentials from above click submit the update password screen appears, which prompts you to reset the generic password to your own password enter the new password and click submit you are logged into manufacturing connect access the admin console , which is installed as part of the manufacturing connect package, and proceed to activate the license server docid\ bdtzor5azx0yafvh9jtcp notes from now on, you log into manufacturing connect with your new password do not forget your password for security reasons, there is no password recovery if you lose the administrator password, you must reinstall you can reset your password at any time you can access the software as long as your browser is on the same network as the software and device, even if you do not have an internet connection access the admin console manufacturing connect admin console is installed as part of the manufacturing connect package you use the admin console to activate the manufacturing connect license server, manage users, templates, etc for details, see the manufacturing connect admin console docid\ bcychbjpeucep2zd4flfy there are two ways to access manufacturing connect admin console access from within manufacturing connect access as an independent application note only admin users have the permissions to use the manufacturing connect admin console access from within manufacturing connect log into the manufacturing connect web user ui see access web user ui from above from the navigation panel, select admin console if prompted, enter your admin user credentials the admin console ui appears in a separate browser tab access as an independent application open a web browser (google chrome, mozilla firefox, or apple safari) that is connected to the same network as the software and devices in your browser, enter the manufacturing connect admin console url https //\[domain name]/admin ui , ( domain name is on of the parameters the installation script outputs) the log in screen appears retrieve manufacturing connect login credentials from its application details page within google kubernetes engine enter the retrieved login credentials from above click submit the admin console ui appears access keycloak you must change your password when you log in to the manufacturing connect keycloak software for the first time the initial user name and password is set up to create a local user name and password for the user manufacturing connect uses a self signed certificate this prompts the browser to display an error message follow the browser guidelines for how to bypass a self signed security error message see browser issues docid\ ofngqwg3rd3gj1ymg24b9 for more information before you begin to access the software, you must use google chrome, mozilla firefox, or apple safari the browser must be connected to the same network as the software and devices make sure your personal computing device is able to establish network communication through routing even if it is not connected to the same network make sure you have noted the ip address from the vm during installation to log in to keycloak from a browser, enter the host ip address followed by /auth/admin for example https //xxx xxx 2 18/auth/admin the login screen appears retrieve the manufacturing connect login credentials from its application details page within google kubernetes engine enter the retrieved login credentials from above click login you are prompted to reset the password to your own password after the first successful log in manufacturing connect keycloak opens in another browser tab the realm settings pane appears by default notes do not forget your password for security reasons, there is no password recovery if you lose the administrator password, you must reinstall you can reset your password at any time you can access the software as long as your browser is on the same network as the software and device, even if you do not have an internet connection