Using the online help locally

When you have installed the SMC Client on your own computer, you can configure the SMC Client to use a copy of the online help from your own computer or from a server in the local network.

1. Download the online help .zip file for your release from https://help.forcepoint.com/flexedge/sd-wan/en-us/7.3.0/onlinehelp/network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help.zip.
2. Extract the .zip file to a suitable location in your local network.
   You can also extract the Help file to a share or your local intranet server.
3. On the computer where you use the SMC Client, browse to the <user home>/.stonegate/data folder.
   Example: In Windows, browse to C:\Users\<user_name>\.stonegate.
   Note: If the SMC Client is open, close it before editing the SGClientConfiguration.txt file.
4. Edit the SGClientConfiguration.txt file.
5. Add a parameter HELP_SERVER_URL= and enter the path to the main folder under which the online help files are stored as the value for the parameter.
   • If you extracted the online help on the same computer where you use the SMC Client, enter file:/// and the path.

     Example: If you extracted the online help on your own computer to C:\help\network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help, enter HELP_SERVER_URL=file:///C:/help/network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help.

     Note: Use only forward slashes (/) in the URL even if the operating system uses backslashes (\) in file paths. If the path contains spaces, replace them with %20 in the URL.
   • If you extracted the online help on a server in the local network, enter http:// and the path.

     Example: If you extracted the online help to a folder called network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help on an intranet server, enter HELP_SERVER_URL=http://<intranet.server>/network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help.

6. Save the changes to the SGClientConfiguration.txt file.
7. Start the SMC Client.

When you use Web Access, you can configure the Management Server or Web Access Server to use a local copy of the Online Help for SMC Client sessions in a web browser.

1. Download the online help .zip file for your release from https://help.forcepoint.com/flexedge/sd-wan/en-us/7.3.0/onlinehelp/network_security_platform_730_pg_a_en-us_online_help.zip.
2. On the Management Server or Web Access Server host where SMC Web Access is enabled, create the following folder: <smc_installation_folder>/webserver/webswing/main/Help.
3. Copy the online Help .zip file to the <smc_installation_folder>/webserver/webswing/main/Help folder and extract the content.
4. (Linux only) Recursively change the owner of the <smc_installation_folder>/webserver/webswing/main/Help directory to the sgadmin user.
   Example:

   # chown -R sgadmin:sgadmin /usr/local/forcepoint/smc/webserver/webswing/main/Help/

5. On the Management Server or Web Access Server host where SMC Web Access is enabled, browse to the <smc_installation_folder>/data folder.
   Note: If you installed the Management Server in the C:\Program Files\Forcepoint\SMC folder in Windows, the SGClientConfiguration.txt file is located in the C:\ProgramData folder.
6. Edit the SGClientConfiguration.txt file.
7. Add a parameter HELP_SERVER_URL=https://<SMC_Web_Access_IP>:<Web_Access_port>/Help/.
   Example: If the IP address of the Management Server is 192.168.100.55 and the listening port for SMC Web Access is 8085, enter HELP_SERVER_URL=https://192.168.100.55:8085/Help/.
8. Save the changes to the SGClientConfiguration.txt file.
9. Exit your SMC Client session and open new session.