Admin Console

The Admin Console is a web-based solution for managing various user and session configurations. Administrators can manage and configure the User and Session Properties.

Admin Console is deployed along with ZIEWeb-Client EAR file. Adding ‘/adminconsole’ to the ZIEWeb-Client URL will launch the Admin Console Login page.

Note: Only Admin users can log in to the Admin Console.

Sample Path: http://<IPAddress>:<port>/<contextpath>/adminconsole

Below are the Admin Console Properties:

1. USERS:

This Tab contains information about Groups and Users. All the groups and user configurations can be done here.

Following are the operations:

• Create, Update, Delete Group
• Create, Update, Delete User
• Copy/Cut & Paste a User from one Group to other.
• Manage Disable Functions of Group/User.
• Trace Facility option is available for User.
• Create, Update, Delete Sessions for User/Group.

2. SESSIONS:

• Create a Session or Import Session. (Supports Only 3270 and 5250 Display)
• Start Session, opens a popup with session launched.
• Delete will delete the selected session.
• Click on Properties will open Window to modify Session Properties.
• Export will download session properties file with ‘.ws’ extension.
• Keyboard mapping can be done by clicking on keyboard icon.
• Copy Session from once User/Group to other User/Group by clicking on Copy Session option on Session and paste Session option on User/Group.

3. SERVICES:

 This Tab allows to manage services like os400 and redirector.

• Start/Stop the Service
• Start/Stop Trace
• Configure Service
• Update Service Trace Manager Properties (Common for all services)
• Server Log (Common for all services)

Redirector: creating, updating, deleting of a redirector can done by clicking on configure icon.

OS400: configuration like port and connections information can be updated on clicking of configure icon.

4. DIRECTORY:

This tab allows to Configure LDAP information and have option to migrate from files to LDAP and vice versa.

If LDAP is configured, all the User information will be populated from LDAP Directory. there will be changes in User Tab as well.

Following are the changes.

• Groups will be shown in Hierarchy manner. One group can be created under Existing Group.
• Until delete of all subgroups parent group will not be deleted.

5. HOST CONNECTIONS:

This tab allows to manage all host connections or sessions which are connected to host.

Admin can disconnect and toggle display terminal by selecting particular session. Also, provides filer options to filter host connections.

6. LOG SETTINGS:

Displays all the logs of session. History of log files can be selected and view the logs of selected file.

Download Selected log file by clicking on download. and selected Log file can be cleared by clicking on clear Log button.

Log Settings like file name, max size, no: of history files, can be updated by clicking on log Settings Icon.

7. TRACE SETTINGS:

Trace settings can be updated in this Tab. Download & clearing the Trace buttons are available here.

Trace Settings Options:

• Server Tracing
• User Macro Tracing
• Display Terminal
• Trace Output

All above Tracing related properties can be modified in this Tab. 

8. Preferences (Control):

It enables admin to set preferences values.

Once Changes happen, The ZIEWeb command server restarts the web application service.

Note: The web.properties file should be present in ZIEWeb private directory

List of Properties used in the Admin Console:

1) Webpage Properties (web.properties)

• Status Bar Visible for all - Boolean (True or False). Lock Required.
• Status bar editable by admin - Boolean (True or False).
• Client Refresh Interval – Integer
• Quick Connect – Boolean
• Default Locale – Select Option
• Preferred Locale – Multiple Select Option
• Template URL – file path (C:\\Users\\test\\custom UI\\UI.jsp)

Note: If web.properties file does not exist, it will be created at the backend and saves properties with default values. 

Default Values for web.properties:

• templateURL – blank
• QuickConnectByAdmin – false (disabled)
• enableStatusBarForAll – false (disabled)
• clientRefreshInterval – false (disabled)
• defaultLocale- en
• isStatusBarEditableByAdmin – false (disabled)

2)  Web Server Properties (config.properties)

• Server Port - Number
• Secure Port - Number
• Publish Context Path - Text
• Licence Manger Context Path – Text
• Amcms Context Path - Text

NOTE: If the web.properties file is not present under the ZIEWeb private directory, then launch the ZIEWeb-Client admin console and click on Preferences tab to create the default values under private directory. 

Default values for config.properties:

• AllowBlankPassword – YES 
• enableChannelConnection – true 
• publishDirContextPath – zie 
• WebAppServerPort - 8080 
• WebAppServerSecurePort – 8443 
• lmContextPath – lm 
• zfpClientContextPath – zieweb 

Web app service port is displayed under services -web app service user can change the service port and restart the service to reflect the change. 

Limitations:

1) Currently Web Based Admin Console only allows to create and manage 3270 & 5250 Display.

2) Web Express Logon Configuration is not implemented.

3) Creating admin user cannot be done through Admin Console.