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The Administrative Interface
242 Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator’s Guide • June 2003
The Administrative Interface
CMS provides a GUI-based administration tool called the CMS console that is
accessible from Netscape Console. Netscape Console is a GUI-based front-end for
Netscape Administration Server and allows you to manager servers as well as
users.
This section provides an overview of Netscape Administration Server and the CMS
console.
Netscape Administration Server
Netscape Administration Server is a web-based (HTTP) server installed along with
CMS that enables you to configure CMS through Netscape Console. You access
Administration Server by entering its URL in the Netscape Console login screen
and providing the user ID and password of the administrative user.
Administration Server must be running before you can access Netscape Console.
For complete details about Netscape Administration Server, see Managing Servers
with Netscape Console.
Starting Administration Server
The CMS installation program automatically starts Administration Server. If you
stopped Administration Server after installation, you must start it before you can
administer CMS from the CMS console.
To start Administration Server:
1.
Go to the following directory:
<server_root>
where:
2.
Type the following command:
./start-admin
<server_root>
Specifies the directory in which you installed CMS.