Changing the Management Server IP Address or Name

Changing the Management Server | Web, Data, and Email Solutions | April 2022

Applies to:

Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint URL Filtering, v8.5.x

Forcepoint DLP, v8.5.1, v8.6.x, v8.7.x, v8.8.x. v8.9.x

Forcepoint Email Security, v8.5.x

Forcepoint appliances, v8.5.x

This collection of articles describes the configuration changes needed if you modify the IP address or hostname of the Forcepoint management server.


	Note Management server domains cannot be modified. This would require changing the local administrator user name, which the installer does not allow.

These articles also describe how to move the Web Security or Data Security module of the Forcepoint Security Manager to a new machine. See:

Changing the IP address of the Forcepoint management server

Changing the hostname of the Forcepoint management server

Configuring the infrastructure to use a new IP address or hostname

Configuring Tomcat to a use new local IP address

Configuring a new hostname for web protection management components

Changing the IP address for Forcepoint DLP management components

Changing the hostname for Forcepoint DLP management components

Updating the IP address for the email protection Log Server

Updating the Log Database location for Forcepoint Email Security

Re-registering Forcepoint Email Security with DLP components

Migrating Forcepoint DLP management components between servers

Re-registering Forcepoint DLP components

Creating Apache SSL Certificates

These articles cover the following management components. Any other Forcepoint components on the management server machine may need additional configuration that is not covered in this article.

For the infrastructure portion of the Forcepoint Security Manager:

Websense TRITON Infrastructure

Websense TRITON Web Server

Websense TRITON Settings Database

For Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint URL Filtering:

Websense Control Service

Websense TRITON - Web Security

Websense Web Reporting Tools

Websense RTM Client

Websense RTM Database

Websense RTM Server

Websense Explorer Report Scheduler

Websense Information Service for Explorer

Websense Reporter Scheduler

Websense Linking Service

(not recommended) Websense Log Server

If Log Server is installed on the machine, remove it before changing the IP address.

For Forcepoint DLP:

Websense Data Security Manager

Websense Data Security Policy Engine

Websense Data Security PreciseID Database

Websense Data Security Web Server

Websense Data Security Work Scheduler

For Forcepoint Email Security:

Email Security module

(not recommended) Email Log Server

Each module of the Forcepoint Security Manager must be configured separately. Depending on your subscription, you may not have all modules enabled.

To determine which Forcepoint Security Manager modules are active in your deployment:

In the Forcepoint Security Manager, go to Help > About Security Manager.

The About pop-up window lists the modules that are active.