Administration and Deployment Guide

Using the Administration Console

Many of the tasks described in the document are performed using the ALES Administration Console. This chapter describes how to access the console and provides a brief introduction to the console interface.

For more detailed information about using the Administration Console, consult its help system.

Accessing the Administration Console

To access the Administration Console, make sure the Administration Server is running. Then enter: https://<hostname>:<port>/asi

where:

hostname is the Domain Name Server (DNS) name or IP address of the machine where the Administration Server running.
port is the SSL port number through which the administration server connects (default is 7010).

When the login page appears, enter the username (initially, system) and password (initially, weblogic) and click Sign In.

Figure 4-1 shows the Administration Console home page.

Figure 4-1 Administration Console Interface

Setting Administration Console Preferences

To customize display in the Administration Console, access the Preferences tab by clicking on the top node in the navigation tree named Administration Console. The page allows you to specify a filter string and page size for each node in the navigation tree.

Table 4-1 Console Display Options
Option	Description
Filter String	The default pattern to search for when retrieving objects in the node. The default setting is an asterisk () which displays all objects. You can use the asterisk () in a filter string to represent zero or more characters.
Page Size	Number of items displayed per page.