Use the online help locally

You can configure the Management 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 http://⁠help.stonesoft.com/onlinehelp/StoneGate/SMC/.
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 Management Client, browse to the <user home>/.stonegate/data folder.
   Example: In Windows, browse to C:\Users\<user_name>\.stonegate.
   Note: If the Management 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 Management Client, enter file:/// and the path.

     Example: If you extracted the online help on your own computer to C:\help\ngfw_680_help_a_en-us, enter HELP_SERVER_URL=file:///C:/help/ngfw_680_help_a_en-us.

     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 ngfw_680_help_a_en-us on an intranet server, enter HELP_SERVER_URL=http://<intranet.server>/ngfw_680_help_a_en-us.

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