- Start and stop the Admin Server.
- Start and stop Netscape Console.
- Access the CMS4 control panel.
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Netscape Console And The Admin Server
Netscape Console is a stand-alone Java application that provides a
GUI-based front end to all network resources registered in an organization's
configuration directory.
This unified administrative interface (shown below) simplifies network
administration by supplying access points to all Netscape version 4.x
server instances installed across a network.
It also simplifies basic user and group management by
providing a unified administrative interface to the user directory.
Netscape Administration Server is a unique, web-based (HTTP)
server that enables you to configure all your Netscape version 4.x
servers, including Certificate Management System, through Netscape Console.
Administration Server must be running before you can configure any of these servers.
It is included with all Netscape servers and is installed when you install
your first server in a server group.
A server group refers to servers that are installed in a server root directory
and that are managed by a single instance of Netscape Administration Server.
Accessing The Admin Server
You access Administration Server by entering its URL in the Netscape Console login screen.
This URL is based on the computer host name and the port number you
chose when you installed CMS4. The format for the URL looks like this:
http://machine_name.your_domain.domain:port_number
Whenever you try to gain access to Administration Server, you will be prompted
to authenticate yourself by entering your user ID and password.
These are the administrator user name and password that you
specified when you installed Certificate Management System (or the first
server in the server group) and Administration Server on your computer.
Once Administration Server is running, you can use Netscape
Console to administer all servers in that group, including CMS4.
The CMS installation program automatically starts the instance of
Administration Server that you identified during installation for
monitoring Certificate Management System.
If you stopped Administration Server after installation, you must
start it before you can administer Certificate Management System from the CMS window.
You can start the server from Netscape Console, the command line,
or the Windows NT Services panel.
To start Administration Server from Netscape Console:
- Access Netscape Console (see "Accessing Netscape Console").
- In the Console tab, locate the Administration Server instance
that you want to start, and double-click the corresponding entry.
The Administration Server window appears.
- In the Tasks tab, click Start the Server.
To start Administration Server from the command line:
At the prompt, enter the following line:
server_root/admin-instance_id/start-admin
server_root is the directory where the Administration Server binaries are kept.
You first specified this directory during server installation.
instance_id is the ID for this instance of Administration Server.
You first specified this during server installation.
This command starts Administration Server at the port number you specified during installation.
Once the server is running, you can use Netscape Console to access CMS4.
Administration Server runs as a service in a Windows NT system.
You can use the Windows NT Services panel to start the service directly.
Shutting Down Administration Server
It is good security practice to shut down Administration Server when you are not using it.
This minimizes the chances of someone else changing your configuration.
You can shut down the server from Netscape Console, the command line,
or the Windows NT Services panel.
To shut down Administration Server from Netscape Console:
- Access Netscape Console (see "Accessing Netscape Console").
- In the Console tab, locate the Administration Server instance that you
want to shut down, and double-click the corresponding entry.
The Administration Server window appears.
- In the Tasks tab, click Stop the Server.
To shut down Administration Server from the command line:
At the prompt, enter the following line:
server_root/admin-instance_id/stop-admin
server_root is the directory where the Administration Server binaries are kept.
You first specified this directory during server installation.
instance_id is the ID for this instance of Administration Server.
You first specified this during server installation.
Administration Server runs as a service in a Windows NT system;
you can use the Windows NT Services panel to stop the service directly.
Accessing Netscape Console
You can launch and use Netscape Console only when Netscape Administration Server is running;
for information on starting the server, see "Starting Administration Server".
When you launch Netscape Console, it displays a login window.
You are required to authenticate to the configuration directory by entering
your administrator's ID, your password, and the URL (including port number)
of the Administration Server representing a server group to which you have access.
You cannot use Netscape Console without having login access to at least one server
group on your network.
- Open the Netscape Console application by using the appropriate option:
Local access in Unix
At the command-line prompt, enter the following line:
/admin-/start-console
is the directory where the Administration Server binaries are kept.
You first specified this directory during server installation.
is the ID for this instance of Administration Server.
You first specified this during server installation.
Local access in Windows NT
Double-click the Netscape Console icon on your desktop;
this icon was created when you installed the first Netscape version 4.x server.
- Authenticate yourself to the configuration directory.
User ID. Type the administrator ID you specified when you installed
Administration Server on your machine. You installed Administration
Server either when you installed the first Netscape 4.x server or as
a part of CMS installation.
Password. Type the administrator password that you specified when you
installed Administration Server on your computer during CMS installation.
Administration URL. This field should show the URL to Administration Server.
If it doesn't, type the URL in this field. The URL is based on the computer host name and the Administration Server port
number you chose when you installed Certificate Management System. Use this format:
http://..:
For example, if your domain name is mozilla and you installed Administration Server in a machine called my_server and specified port number 12345, the URL would look like this:
http://..:12345
- Click OK.
Netscape Console appears with a list of all the servers and resources
under your control (see Figure xxx).
To view general information about a specific server, click the corresponding entry.
To access the administration interface for a
specific server, double-click the corresponding entry.
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