Getting started

Hello, Hope this is a good place to ask. I've been tasked to create a projectwise plugin module for our application.

I'm having a bit of trouble setting up a test server to test with. It seems I need a full server, with a domain name server running, etc.

I can setup a windows server on my workgroup, is it possible to setup a server without the need for DNS and windows domain controller?

Or maybe Bentley has a server for testing?

I'm working from home due to a lockdown, and it's getting difficult to get started.

Thanks Slight smile

~Daniel

  • Daniel,

    A bit more information about your setup would be helpful.

    It is possible to setup a test server running ProjectWise Design Integration Server, etc. not on a domain, but you may run into licensing "issues".  I do this often for testing, but I do it on a Virtual Machine, but my CONNECTION client user has access to all the ProjectWise software, so I don't "see" any license "issues".  To get my local (host) machine to "see" the ProjectWise datasources on the virtual machine, I just edit the host file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc on my host machine like this:

    And then I add those servers into my PW Network Configuration settings on my host machine.

    FWIW, in the past the ProjectWise Design Integration Server would run for 4 hours without a license before timing out, so perhaps that still works.

    HTHs

  • Thank you!

    I ended up setting the windows domain controller to ***.LOCAL

    Answer Verified By: Daniel Marcotte