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Viewing the management console on a remote machine

About viewing the management console from a remote machine  Top

You view the ContentDirector management console on a remote machine by accessing a Java applet on the core application server through a Web browser on the remote system. The browser that you use determines the procedure for starting and stopping the user interface from a remote machine.

Requirements  Top

The applet requires version 1.3 of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) plug-in. This plug-in is available from the ContentDirector installation CD. If you do not install it from CD, the applet downloads the JVM automatically from a SUN Systems Web site when you first load the applet from the browser..

Caution
On Windows NT and 2000, the administrative user who installed and configured ContentDirector must be logged into Windows on the core application machine for ContentDirector to correctly display and access mapped drives.

Using the applet: An example using MS Internet Explorer  Top

To view the management console using the Java applet on a Windows NT system using the Internet Explorer browser, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Open the Internet Explorer browser.
2

Type the URL in the Address box of the browser menu.

The syntax for the URL is the following:

http://<IP address or hostname>:<port>/ContentDirec
tor

where the default port is 8080.
3

Click the Go button.

Result

The splash screen appears briefly, followed by the login screen.
4

Enter the username and password in the login screen.

Note
The login ID determines your user rights when operating ContentDirector. When you first install ContentDirector, the default user name is "super" and password is the same.

Result

The main screen of the user interface is displayed.

Closing the applet view of the management console  Top

To close the applet view of the management console on a Windows NT system using the Internet Explorer browser, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

From the main screen of the user interface, click the File button.
2

Select Exit from the drop-down menu.

Result

The Exit Confirmation screen is displayed.
3

Click Yes.

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