Use this information to the work with the IBM® Security Directory Server Web Administration
Tool graphical user interface.
IBM Security Directory Server Web
Administration Tool is installed on a web application server.
For example, the embedded version of IBM WebSphere® Application Server
- Express® (WAS) that is
included with IBM Security Directory
Server, and administered through a console. Servers that are added
to the console can be managed through the Web Administration
Tool without having to install the tool on each server.
The preferred method of administering the server is by using the
Web
Administration Tool.
Note: If you use the latest version
of Web Administration Tool to administer an older
version of the directory server instance, some of the panels might
not be visible.
Before you can start to use the
Web Administration Tool for
the server, you must ensure that you have the completed the following
tasks during the configuration of that server:
- Set the administration DN and password to be able to start a server.
- If the server is not configured as a proxy server, configure a
database to be able to start a server in a state other than the configuration
only mode.
- Ensure that either the server or the administration server is
running.
See the
Installing and Configuring section of
the
IBM Security
Directory Server documentation and
Directory administration server for
information on these tasks.
Note: If other application servers are
running, ensure that the application server where the Web
Administration Tool is installed is not running on the
same port as the other application servers.