Changing the hardware on which the fiscal service is installed

In this section you will learn what to do if the fiscal service is to be changed from one physical hardware to another.

Copy data via USB stick

The following data must be backed up / copied before shutting down the source system:

• Data directory of the client
  The client directory can be found in the following path under Windows: 
  %ProgramData%\RetailForce\Fiscal Webservice.
  
  The client directory is the GUID of the client to be backed up. The Client Guid can be read e.g. in the portal at the terminal (TerminalId).
  
  Back up the entire directory (e.g. ZIP file) and import it again on the target machine in the same directory with the same ClientId as the directory name.
  
  
• Configuring the Client
  The configuration of the client is located in the Config directory (fiscalService.config.json).
  
  The file is structured as a Json file, each client is an independent Json object. The client can be found in this object with the property "UniqueClientId" = ClientId. 

{
  "FiscalClients": [
    {
      "UniqueClientId": "c1062c55-57c4-4ed2-9c53-aff1762326a4",
      "LicenseConsumerId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "DistributerId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "FiscalCountry": 0,
      "CompanyName": "TestCompany 1 - DEUTSCHLAND",
      ...
    }
}

• The Json object with the correct ClientId must also be copied.
  
  For security reasons, we recommend copying the entire file to the USB stick and only inserting the Json object correctly on the target machine.
  
  On the target machine, the Json object of the client must be inserted in the fiscalService.config.json file.

Finally, restart the fiscal service on the new hardware. The fiscal client should work perfectly now.