Netscape Console let's you view all servers under your control. It's where you go to open and manage individual servers.
The Navigation Tree
Customizing Your View of 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 4.0. In Netscape Console login window, enter the 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.
Each Netscape Server has its own set of tasks and configuration settings.
In the server information section of Netscape Console, click Open.
Figure 3.2 The Directory Server graphical interface.
An administration domain is a group of Netscape servers that all use the same user directory for user data management and authentication. For example, you might want to create a separate domain for each division in your company with each domain including all host computers used only by that division.
Before you can create a new Administration Domain, you must be member of the Configuration Administrators group.
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. User Directory Host. Enter the fully qualified name of the host system were your user directory is located. User Directory Port. Enter the port number for the user directory. Use SSL. Select this option if the user directory port is already enabled for SSL communication. Directory Subtree. Enter the location of the user directory. Example: o=mcom.com Bind DN. Enter the distinguished name for a user who has access permissions to the user directory. Example: uid=ginac, ou=people, o=Airius.com. Bind Password. Enter the password of the user above. Owner DN. Enter the distinguished name for the Domain Administrator. This person has administration privileges to the domain. Example: uid=pvo, ou=people, o=Airius.com. Click OK.
Changing these settings will have serious and far-reaching impacts on the rest of the servers in the domain! If you make changes here, you must restart all the servers in the domain.
To modify an administration domain:
Enter domain information, then click OK. See "Creating an Administration Domain" for information on each field.
If you already have pre-4.0 Netscape servers installed in your enterprise, you can access it and continue to manage it though Netscape Console. This is useful when you want to keep and use your older pre-4.0 server until you're ready to put your 4.0 server into production.
Figure 3.3 When you open a pre-4.0 server, it opens in a browser.
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.
When you migrate a pre-4.0 server, its configuration settings are copied to a newer 4.0 server installation. For example, if you're already using Netscape Messaging 3.0 Server, you can install the new Messaging 4.0 Server in a different server root. You could then migrate the 3.0 server settings to the 4.0 server for testing purposes.
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.
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.
Cloning is useful when you want to replicate configuration settings on a number of servers of the same type. For example, an administrator has installed Netscape servers on each of ten hosts. The administrator configures the Administration Server on the first host. Then, instead of configuring each of the remaining nine Administration Servers individually, the administrator copies the configuration settings from the first one to each of the others.
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.
Once you have a server installed in a server root, you can create a new instance, or additional server of the same type, in the same server root. This is useful for testing purposes, and for when you need to share one server for two purposes.
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.
You can remove an instance of any server, other than the Directory and Administration Servers, from the navigation tree. This is not the same as uninstalling the server. When you uninstall the server, its program files are deleted from the host computer.
From the Object menu, select Remove Server.
To remove a server from the navigation tree, you must uninstall the server.
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 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.
By default, when you exit Netscape Console, it saves any display changes you've made in the session, such as
showing or hiding the banner bar, status bar, or navigation tree
fonts for menus, tables and other objects
To specify how and where you want settings stored:
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 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 don't want to save your changes automatically, choose I will save them manually.
You can set preferences for fonts displayed in Netscape Console. You can save different sets of font preferences, or profiles, for multiple users of the same computer system.
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.
"Logging In to Netscape Console"
The Administration Domain
"Customizing Your View of Netscape Console"
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.
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.
"Migrating a Pre-4.0 Server to a 4.0 Server"
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.