How to?

This section explains how to set some MeshCube parameters or functions in order to be able to correctly use them.

How to set the MeshCube server under HTTPS?

In case you want to set up your MeshCube server under HTTPS follow the steps desctibed below.

  1. Make sure you have available a valid certificate certificate.pfx with the relative password
  2. Go to System settings -> Security -> Certificates and upload the certificate. Upload certificate
  3. Go to System settings -> Web -> Web server and fill in the server parameters to setup and save the configuration.
    Note: the port should be set to 443 Web settings
  4. Reboot the server (from the upper-right corner menu) to make sure that the setting are applied. Reboot

Now you will find your MeshCube at https://<ip_address>.

How to build your SSL certificate?

To build a certificate you need to have:

  1. server key file
  2. server certificate file
  3. root.ca file

Once you have all the files, the linux command to use is:

openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey server_private_key.pem -in server_certificate.pem -certfile root_ca_certificate.pem -out pkcs12.pfx -passout pass:12345678

This command will generate the .pfx file, protected by the password set in the command.

How to update your license?

When the license is about to expire, starting from 1 month before the expiry date, the system sends a daily notification to the user to remind to renew the license.
When this happens you should contact us to receive a new license.
Once you have received the license file you can update your MeshCube instance.

To do so:

  1. Go to System Info -> License. on the right side you will find the update license symbol Update license
  2. Upload the license file received by email and press Start. License file upload
  3. After the file is uploaded and the license is upadated, you will see the new expiry date in the interface.

How to configure the Email service?

The Email service can be used in the Email system notification plugin to receive relevant notifications via email.
To configure this email notification, you have first to configure the Email service.

To configure the Email service follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Settings -> IO > SMTP Servers and define an STMP Server SMTP server
  2. Go to Settings -> System-> Email Service and configure the servicespecifying:
    - The SMTP Server created at point 1
    - The sender description (optional)
    - The sender email address
    and save the settings
    Email service
  3. Now you can configure the Email notification plugin.