Change the Destination of a Collector

About this task

You can change the destination of a collector from Proficy Historian for AWS deployed on one EC2 instance to another.

Procedure

  1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator.
  2. Run the CloudHistorianConfigurationUtility.exe file. It is provided along with the collectors installer. After you install collectors, it will be available in the C:\Program Files\GE Digital\Historian Cloud Config folder by default.
  3. Enter the number corresponding to changing the destination of a collector.
  4. Enter the number corresponding to the collector instance whose destination you want to change.
  5. Enter the following details:
    Field Description
    Interface name Enter the interface name of the collector instance whose destination you want to change.
    NLB DNS

    Enter the Amazon Network Load Balancer (NLB) DNS of the destination EC2 instance.

    Tip: To find the NLB DNS:
    1. Access the EKS cluster on which you have deployed Proficy Historian for AWS.
    2. Access the EC2 instance.
    3. In the navigation pane, under Load Balancing, select Load Balancers.
    4. Select the load balancer for which you want to find the DNS.
    5. In the Description section, copy the DNS name.
    Username Enter the username to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.
    Password Enter the password to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.
    Tip: For the default user, ihCloudHistAdmin, this is the value you entered in the Password field under UAA Configuration when you created the stack.
    The destination of the collector instance is changed.