The Web interface provides a browser-based view of the management interface. You select commands from a menu of options, and command results are displayed in tables.
Access the Web interface by pointing a supported Web browser to port 8000 on a node—for example, http://node:8000 or http://10.98.12.1:8000. Enter a valid administrative user name and password into the appropriate fields, then click .
The left-hand pane, or navigation pane, of the browser lists the available command directories. Command directories can be expanded to show their commands and subdirectories; expand directories by clicking the plus sign (+). If a command directory is expanded, a minus sign (-) is displayed in the box to the left of the directory name; you can collapse the directory listing by clicking the minus sign. Clicking a command displays the command's objects or parameters in the right-hand pane, or action pane, of the browser. You can then perform the following actions:
To display a command's current objects and to perform operations on one or more of them, click , then use the table and commands that are displayed in the action pane.
To display a list of objects that match specific criteria, click . Enter the appropriate values into the fields that you want to query, then click .
To create a new object, select from the drop-down menu, enter the appropriate values, and then click .
To perform an operation on an existing object, select the appropriate command from the click on its name in the table (by default, linked names are displayed in blue text). Specific values for the object are displayed in the action pane. Make the appropriate changes, then click the or equivalent button to run the command.