Hi

We are creating an 8.1 Web development environment by cloning the production web host VM and assiging a new IP address to the new VM.  So far this has worked, I created the datalinks to point to the dev db and the LAN client, that is on the dev server, conects to the dev db without issue.

Is there anything I need to change in the WebHost to make sure it also points to the dev db?  Do I need to run a full build of the website on the dev server and deploy it?

Out of curiosity I logged into the web client using the url of the dev server, but the db that came up was the production db.  I then stopped IIS on the dev server and the dev website wouldn't load, which was as I expected, so it looks like somewhere the dev Web host is connecting to the live db.

Thank you for any help you can provide

Ian 

Hi Ian,

Your clone should be isolated with the same machine name or if it is not isolated then you need to first make a new Conenction manager connecton to the cloned machine name and and then log inot app architect using the new connection and then deploy from AA.

You obviously need to get this right or you will break production, I would advise reaching out to your Business partner for help.

Best regards, Brian

Hi Brian

Thank you for your reply.

The new machine has a different name and IP address.  It has a new connection in a connection manager that is separate from the production environment.
I tried to deploy the mobile client as a test and the dev client was still connecting to the production db.
Do you think I will need to run a full build on the dev server and then deploy that?

Kind regards
Ian

No if everything is setup right the deployment should take its connection setting from your AA login.

In the deployed site you can look in a file called Connection.config to see where it is pointing.

Hi Brian

Thank you very much.

The connection.config files were pointong to the production environment.