The AquaLogic Ensemble Console

This chapter provides a high-level description of the AquaLogic Ensemble Console and Ensemble Console security and resource ownership. It is divided into the following sections:

About the Ensemble Console provides an overview of what the Ensemble Console does and where to find more information on configuration of Ensemble objects.
Launching the AquaLogic Ensemble Console describes how to access the Ensemble Console.
AquaLogic Ensemble Console Roles describes how Ensemble Console roles allow you to control how users access the Ensemble Console.

About the Ensemble Console

The Ensemble Console is a browser-based administration tool used to create and manage the objects in your Ensemble deployment. From the Ensemble Console:

Developers register resources and pagelets and configure credential mapping for remote applications. For details, see:

IT configures proxy authentication and manages experience definitions and interstitial pages. For details, see:

Users edit policy sets and manage resources that they own. For details, see:

Policies and Rules.

Auditors enable and disable auditing for remote applications. For details, see:

Audit.

Launching the AquaLogic Ensemble Console

You access the Ensemble Console via a supported web browser. By default, the Ensemble Console is located:

http://<host>:20070/ensembleadminui/

AquaLogic Ensemble Console Roles

Ensemble Console roles control which parts of the Ensemble Console users can access and what actions they can perform. The following table summarizes the Ensemble Console roles, the tabs each role can access, and the actions each role can perform:

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Role	Accessible Tabs	Available Actions
Administrators	All	All actions
Managers	Applications Policies Experiences Proxy Authentication	Any action on accessible tabs.
Resource Owners	Applications	Edit resources the user owns. Edit pagelets associated with resources the user owns. Create pagelets associated with resources the user owns.
Policy Set Owners	Policies	Edit policy sets the user owns. Create policy rules in the rule library.
Auditors	Audit	Enable or disable auditing on any resource.

Configuring Administrators, Managers, and Auditors

You configure Administrators, Managers, and Auditors by adding or deleting users or groups in each role.

Launch the Ensemble Console.
Click the ADMINISTRATION tab.
Click the Administrators, Managers, or Auditors sub-tab.
To display the user and group picker, click Add.
Select one or more users or groups.
Click Add selected items.
Click OK.
Click Save.

Launch the Ensemble Console.
Click the ADMINISTRATION tab.
Click the Administrators, Managers, or Auditors sub-tab.
Select one or more users or groups to remove.
Click Remove.
Confirm that you want to delete these users or groups by clicking OK.
Click Save.

Configuring Resource and Policy Set Owners

The Resource Owners and Policy Set Owners roles are granted to a user when the user is made owner of a resource or policy set. To change the owner of a resource or policy set:

Launch the Ensemble Console.
Click the ADMINISTRATION tab.
Click the Resource Owners or Policy Set Owners sub-tab.
Click the name of the resource or policy set you want to edit.
To display the user picker, next to the New Owner box, click Select.
Select the user whom you want to make owner of the resource or policy.
Click OK.
To replace all instances of the Current Owner with the New Owner, select the check-box next to Replace all ownership instances assigned to this user.
Click Save.