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Load an Environment into Config Xpress

Before you can use Config Xpress, load one or more environments into the tool. This task lets you work with the environment in Config Xpress.

You can load an environment into Config Xpress directly from a live CA IdentityMinder server, or you can load it from an environment file. If you use one of the baseline environment files that are installed with Config Xpress, you can compare your environment to the out-of-the-box configuration.

The process of loading an environment can take a few minutes.

Follow these steps:

1. Open Config Xpress.
2. To load a live environment directly from a CA IdentityMinder server:
   1. Click the Server (Network) tab.
   2. Enter the name and port of the CA IdentityMinder server. For example:

      servername.ca.com:8080
      

   3. Select Use HTTPS if your server is set up to allow HTTPS only.
   4. Select 12.5 SP7 if the version of the server is more recent than r12.5 SP6.
   5. Click Connect.
   6. Choose an environment from the Choose Environment to load list, then click Load.
3. To load an environment file that was exported from your CA IdentityMinder environment:
   1. Export a CA IdentityMinder environment.
   2. In Config Xpress, click the File System tab.
   3. Select the version, then browse to the environment file, then click Load.
4. To load a baseline environment file that was installed with Config Xpress:
   1. Click the Base Versions tab.
   2. Select the version that you require, then click Select.

Config Xpress analyzes the environment, then displays details of the environment.

You can now publish some or all of the environment as PDF or XML. If you load a second environment, you can compare these environments and move components between them.

Example: Config Xpress after loading a baseline configuration file

This screenshot shows how Config Xpress displays dependent objects: