Administration Server Overview

The Administration Server is a web-based user interface used to manage configuration that is common to all Proxy Server instances installed on your system.

After the Administration Server has been started, the Administration Server is accessed by launching a browser and entering a URL. The URL is determined by the host name and port number specified during installation, for example, http://myserver.mycorp.com:1234.

More than one administrator can be granted access to the Administration Server. For more information about distributed administration, see Allowing Multiple Administrators.

Administration Server settings are organized by tabs that correspond to specific tasks. The following table lists the Administration Server tabs, followed by a brief description of the tasks that the tabs provide.

• Servers - Manage, add, remove, migrate Proxy Servers

• Preferences - Shutdown the Administration Server, edit listen sockets, configure superuser access, configure distributed administration allowing multiple administrators, customize and view access and error logs

• Global Settings - Configure directory services, specify access control, configure SNMP master agent settings

• Users and Groups - Add and manage users, groups, and organizational units

• Security - Create new trust databases, request and install VeriSign and other certificates, change the key-pair file password, view and manage installed certificates, add or replace Certificate Revocation Lists and Compromised Key Lists (CRLs and CKLs), manage CRLs and CKLs, migrate 3.x certificates

• Cluster - Control remote servers in a cluster, add and remove remote servers, modify server information

Regardless of the tab or page you are on, the following buttons also display:

• Version - Displays version information about Proxy Server

• Refresh - Refreshes the current page

• Help - Displays online Help for the current page

To Access the Administration Server

1. Launch a browser and go to the URL that reflects the host name and port number specified for the Administration Server during installation, for example, http://myserver.mycorp.com:1234

2. When prompted, type the user name and password specified during installation.

   The Administration Server’s user interface displays.

   For more information about using the Administration Server, see Chapter 2, Administering Proxy Server. Also see the online help for Administration Server tabs and pages.