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Administration
This section instructs you how to administer NX PCB Exchange Connect and update NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application.
Updating NX PCB Exchange Connect
This guide includes steps to update both the NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application to a newer version.
Update NX PCB Exchange Connect web application
This procedure shows how to update the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application on a Windows server.

Administration
This section instructs you how to administer NX PCB Exchange Connect and update NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application.
- Populate the app database
  This procedure shows how to add PCB design files to the app database to access them from the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application.
- Modify app environment variables
  This procedure shows how to modify the system environment variables used by NX PCB Exchange Connect.
- Find the app log files
  This procedure shows how to find the NX PCB Exchange Connect log files.
- How to find the app version numbers
  NX PCB Exchange Connect has multiple components—services and the web app—that have different version numbers. Sometimes you need to know these versions for update instructions.
- User license management
  In NX PCB Exchange Connect, named user license management is done through an administrative command-line interface (CLI) executable, which lets you view current license assignments, and assign or remove a user license.
- Updating NX PCB Exchange Connect
  This guide includes steps to update both the NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application to a newer version.
  - Update NX PCB Exchange Connect services
    This procedure shows how to update the NX PCB Exchange Connect services on a Windows server.
  - Update NX PCB Exchange Connect web application
    This procedure shows how to update the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application on a Windows server.
- Configure Teamcenter server to integrate with the app
  When the NX PCB Exchange Connect services are configured to use the Teamcenter Security Services (TCSS) for authentication, a few configuration steps must be performed on the Teamcenter server to complete the integration.

Update NX PCB Exchange Connect web application

This procedure shows how to update the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application on a Windows server.

Ensure that you have administrator rights on a Windows server where the application is installed.

The NX PCB Exchange Connect app installation package app_<version>.zip contains the app folder containing the latest web application.

If the NX PCB Exchange Connect services URL you installed previously changed, in your favorite editor, open the assets\config\admin-config.json file from the app folder, modify the apiUrl value with the new NX PCB Exchange Connect services URL, save the file, and close it.
From the Start menu, launch Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
In the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager window, in the Connections pane, under Sites, select PcbExchangeApp.
In the Actions pane, in the Manage Website section, click Stop.
Replace the content of the NX PCB Exchange Connect website stored in the app folder with the latest version included in the installation package.
You can validate where the website content was deployed by checking the Physical Path in the Basic Settings window.
In the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager window with PcbExchangeApp selected, in the Actions pane, in the Manage Website section, click Start.
In the Actions pane, in the Browse Website section, click Browse to test the website.
The NX PCB Exchange Connect web app home page with its version number is displayed in the browser.
Note:
If the version is the same as before the update, reload the page.
In the browser, in the web app, click Settings .
On the Application tab, under Controls, in the NX PCB Exchange Connect Services URL option, verify that the NX PCB Exchange Connect services URL you entered in the JSON file matches the one displayed.