Chapter 3 Using Netscape Console Netscape Console let's you view all servers under your control. It's where you go to open and manage individual servers. This chapter contains the following sections:
Netscape Console let's you view all servers under your control. It's where you go to open and manage individual servers.
Logging In to Netscape Console
The Navigation Tree
Customizing Your View of Netscape Console
Start Netscape Console:
Unix. In the server root, enter./startconsole.
Windows NT. From the Start Menu, choose Programs. Then, from the Netscape Server Family Program Group, choose Netscape Console 4.1.
In Netscape Console login window, enter your user name, password, and the URL for the Administration Server you want to access.
Click OK.
Figure 3.1    The navigation tree represents the Netscape topology which includes all resources registered in the same configuration directory. Click the plus (+) or minus (-) signs to expand or collapse a section of the tree.
In the navigation tree of Netscape Console, click a server to select it.
In the server information section of Netscape Console, click Open.
Figure 3.2    The Directory Server graphical interface.
In Netscape Console, from the Console menu, choose Create Administration Domain.
In the Create Administration Domain dialog box, enter domain information:
Domain Name. Enter the name of the domain as you want it to appear in the navigation tree.
Description. (Optional) You can enter any string that helps you identify this domain.
User Directory. Specify the location of the user directory using the fully qualified domain name and port number.
Secure Connection. Select this option if the new user directory port is already enabled for SSL communication.
User Directory Subtree. enter the location of the new user directory. Example: o=mcom.com
Bind DN. Enter the distinguished name for a user who has access permisions to the new user directory. Example: uid=ginac, ou=people, o=Airius.com.
Bind Password. Enter the password of the user above.
To modify an administration domain:
In Netscape Console, select the domain you want to modify, then click Edit.
Modify domain information as necessary:
User Directory Host and Port. Specify the location of the user directory using the host computer's fully qualified domain name and port number. For authentication purposes, you can enter more than one user directory location separated by spaces. Example: Eros.Airius.com:389 Zeus.Airius.com:389
See "User Authentication and Directory Failover Support" on page 142 for more information.
If you specify more than one host computer in this field, each one must be configured identically for each of these settings:
User Directory Subtree. Enter the location of the new user directory. Example: o=mcom.com
Figure 3.3    When you open a pre-4.0 server, it opens in a browser.
In Netscape Console, from the Console menu, choose Add Pre-4.0 Server.
In the Add Pre-4.0 Server window, enter information for the server you want to add to the navigation tree, then click OK.
In the Server List window, all servers in the server root are, by default, checked. Deselect the servers you do not want to add to the navigation tree.
Turn off the pre-4.0 server.
Run the Setup Program and install the 4.0 server. When prompted, specify a server root that's different from the 3.0 server root.
Start Netscape Console, and select the server group that contains the new 4.0 server. This group becomes the target group.
The Administration Server for the target group must be turned on, and you must have appropriate access privileges in order to proceed.
From the Object menu, choose Migrate Server Config.
In the Migrate Server Configuration window, enter the absolute path to the pre-4.0 server, then click OK.
In the Select Server for Migration window, select the pre-4.0 servers you want to migrate to 4.0 servers, then click Migrate.
In the Migrate Key and Certificate window:
If the pre-4.0 server uses SSL, provide the key password you used when you installed its SSL certificate, then click Migrate.
If the pre-4.0 server does not use SSL, click Cancel.
Restart the Administration Server for the target server group.
In the navigation tree of Netscape Console, select the server that has the settings you want to replicate to other servers of the same type. This is the reference server.
From the Object menu, choose Clone Server.
In the Select Server window, choose the servers you cant to copy settings to (the target servers), then click OK.
In Netscape Console, select the server group that will contain the new server instance.
From the Object menu, select Create Instance Of.
In the Select Server window, choose the server from which you want to create the new instance, then click OK.
In the Navigation Tree, select the server instance you want to remove.
From the Object menu, select Remove Server.
Unix. At the server root, enter./uninstall.
Windows NT. Use the Add/Remove Programs utility:
In the Start Menu, from the Settings menu, choose Control Panel.
In the Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs.
In the Add/Remove Program Properties window, choose Netscape Server Family 4.0, then click Remove.
In the Netscape Server Uninstall window, select the Netscape servers and components you want to uninstall, then click Uninstall.
In Netscape Console, in the navigation tree, right-click the Server Group containing the pilot (source) configuration directory, and then choose Merge Configuration.
In the Merge Configuration Directory Server Information window, enter information about the configuration directory you want to merge to:
Destination Domain. Enter the domain name for the existing configuration directory that you want to merge into. Example: Airius.com
Destination LDAP Host. Enter the fully qualified host for the existing configuration directory you specified above. Example: Zeus.Airius.com
Destination LDAP Port. Enter the port number for the existing configuration directory.
Secure Connection. Select this option if the destination configuration directory uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
Destination LDAP Bind DN. Enter the Distinguished Name for the user who has access to the destination configuration directory.
Destination Bind Password. Enter the password for the user above.
From the View menu, choose New.
In the Edit View window, select an obejct from the tree on the left, then drag and drop it in the column on the right. In this example, the administrator has created a view named Messaging Servers, and built a view that includes only Messaging servers and their hosts.
Continue adding objects to the new view in this manner, and then click OK.
window size or position
showing or hiding the banner bar, status bar, or navigation tree
fonts for menus, tables and other objects
In Netscape Console, from the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Indicate how and where you want the display settings saved, then click OK.
Where should preference settings be stored?
If you want to be able to use your settings no matter where you are when you log in to Netscape Console, choose In Directory. This option is useful if you frequently "roam" between a number of similar workstations at your business site. No matter what workstation you're using, when you log in to Netscape Console you can use your preset display preferences.
If you want to be able to use different display settings depending upon the individual workstation you're using, choose On Local Disk (stored in user's home area). This is useful when you use one workstation at work and a dissimilar system, such as a laptop, at home. The settings that work for the workstation are stored and used on the workstation. The settings that work for the laptop are stored and used on the laptop.
When should preference settings be saved?
If you want your most recent changes to be saved automatically, choose On window close or console exit. This is the default.
If you don't want to save your changes automatically, choose I will save them manually.
Save Now. Saves your most recent changes immediately.
Reset. Reverts to all default display settings.
Enter font preferences, click OK.
Profile. Enter a name for this set of preferences. If don't enter a name, a default name is provided for you.
Save As. Saves the profile under the name you specify.
Remove. Deletes a selected profile from the list.
Change Font. displays a dialog box for setting your font preferences. In the Select Font dialog box, make font selections, then click OK.
Domain Name.. Enter a fully qualified domain name. Example: Airius.mcom.com
Description. Enter a name that helps you identify this domain.
User Directory. Specify the location of the user directory using the fully qualified domain name and port number. For authentication purposes, you can enter more than one user directory location separated by spaces. Example: Eros.Airius.com:389 Zeus.Airius.com:389 See "User Authentication and Directory Failover Support" on page 142 for more information.
Secure Connection. Select this option if the any user directory port you've entered is already enabled for SSL communication.
User Directory Subtree. Enter the location of the new user directory. Example: =mcom.com
Administration Server URL. Enter the URL for the Administration Server installed in the same server root as the pre-4.0 server. Use the form: http[s]://host:port
Server Administrator ID. Enter the Administrator ID you use to access the Administration Server for the pre-4.0 server you're adding.
Password . Enter the Administrator's password associated with the Administration Server installed in the same server root as the pre-4.0 server.
Target Administration Domain. Enter the base DN of the configuration directory to which the pre-4.0 server will be added.
The Administration Domain
New. Displays a dialog box for naming the customized view you want to create.
Edit. Displays a dialog box for selecting objects in the navigation tree and building a customized view.
Rename. Displays a dialog for editing the name of a customized view.
Delete. Deletes the selected customized view.
"Customizing Your View of Netscape Console"
View Name. Enter an alphanumeric string to identify the customized view you want to create.
In the Default View column, select an object you want to display in your customized view, and then click Copy. The object displays in custom view column bearing the name you created.
To remove an item from the customized view, in the right column, select the object you want to delete, and then click Remove.
fonts for menus, tables, and other objects.
Where should preference settings be stored?.
If you want to be able to use your settings no matter where you are when you log in to Netscape Console, choose In Directory. This option is useful if you frequently "roam" between a number of similar workstations at your business site. No matter what workstation you're using, when you log in to Netscape Console, you can use your preset display preferences.
If you want to be able to use different display settings depending upon the individual workstation you're using, choose On Local Disk (stored in user's home area). This is useful when you use one workstation at work, and a dissimilar sytem, such as a laptop, at home. The settings that work for the workstation are stored and used on the workstation. The settings that work for the laptop are stored and used on the laptop.
Profile. Enter a name for this set of preferences. If you don't enter a name, a default name is provided for you.
Change Font. Displays a dialog box for setting your font preferences.
"Migrating a Pre-4.0 Server to a 4.0 Server"
If the pre-4.0 server does not run with SSL, then click Cancel. No other action is required.
If the pre-4.0 server does run with SSL, enter its key password. This is the same password you used to request and install its encryption certificate.
"Obtaining and Installing a Certificate"
"Cloning a Server"
If the pre-4.0 server does with SSL, enter its key password. This is the same password you used to request and install its encryption certificate.
Destination Bind Password. Enter the password for the user above. After you merge the configuration directories, the affected SIE's will use the destination directory you specified. If you want the instances to switch back to the original configuration directory, you must manually modify the local configuration files. See "Changing the Configuration Directory Server" on page 140 for more information.
"Merging Configuration Data from Two Directory Servers"