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14 Administering EPICenter
This chapter describes how to use the Administration applet for the following:
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Changing your own user password, for users without Administration access
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Adding and deleting EPICenter users
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Setting and modifying user permissions for both the EPICenter and ExtremeWare software
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Configuring the EPICenter server as a RADIUS client or a RADIUS server for user authentication
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Enabling or disabling EPICenter Syslog receiver functionality
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Modifying EPICenter server properties to change settings such as polling rates, time-outs, port
assignments and other similar settings
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Configuring EPICenter for a distributed server configuration
Overview of User Administration
In order to log in to the EPICenter server and use its management features, you must have a user name
and password. An EPICenter administrator can create and modify EPICenter user accounts, passwords,
and account permissions through the Administration applet. Individual users, regardless of their roles,
can change their own password using the Administration applet.
By default, EPICenter provides its own authentication and authorization for EPICenter users. However,
through the EPICenter Admin applet, EPICenter can be configured to act as a Remote Authentication
Dial In User Service (RADIUS) client, allowing it to use an external RADIUS server to authenticate
EPICenter users. As an option, the external RADIUS server can be configured to return user role
information as well as the user authentication. As an alternative, EPICenter can be configured to act as a
RADIUS server—however, the RADIUS server built into EPICenter should only be used for
demonstration or testing purposes, and should not be used to provide primary authentication services
in a production environment.
Finally, the Administration applet provides an interface that allows an EPICenter administrator to
modify a number of properties that affect the performance and configuration of the EPICenter server.
These properties are stored in the EPICenter database along with other EPICenter data.
Administration Functions
Unlike many of the other EPICenter functions, the Administrator function does not provide access to its
features through function buttons or menus. Instead, functional areas are accessed through tabs at the
top of the Administrator window.
The Administrator function provides the standard EPICenter menus ( EPICenter , Display , Tools , and
Help ) but only the EPICenter and Help menus have commands available. Right-click pop-up menus are
not available in this feature.
For information on the standard EPICenter menu functions, see “EPICenter Menus” on page 32 .