Step 1:  Identity the correct IPAddress for IMS 2.0 environment:

1. Open Command Prompt – type CMD in the search window
2. Ping IMS 2.0 – type ‘ping prod2-ims.bentley.com’ in the command prompt window
3. The current IPaddress will be displayed in the response. Note this is not a static IPaddress and may change.
   

Step 2:  Update hosts file with IPAddress

1. Open NotePad, NotePad++ or another text editor (be sure to right click on the program and choose ‘Run as administrator’ or you will not be able to save changes)
   
   
2. Click open and navigate to %WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc\
   
   
   
3. Open the ‘hosts’ file (be sure that you have selected All Files (*.*)
   
4. Add the following line to the hosts file: xxx.xx.xxx  ims.bentley.com (where xx.xxx.xxx is the IPAddress from Step 1)
   
5. Click File > Save
   Note: Do not click Save As, this will result in creating a new file hosts.txt and will not update the hosts file.

NOTE:  Do not forget to remove this entry from the hosts file when you have completed your testing.