Article donated by: Hernan Cunico
The Geronimo Administration Console is a Web based interface that provides a convenient, user friendly way to administer many aspects of the Geronimo Server. Once you have the Apache Geronimo server started (see Tools and commands) you can access the Administration Console by pointing your browser to the following URL:
The Administration Console log in page is depicted in the following figure.
Log in by specifying system as the username and manager as the password. Once you are logged in you will be redirected to the console's welcome page. The console has two main areas, a navigation panel on the left and a main content area on the right.
The navigation panel on the left provides easy access to the individual tasks, it is always present and allows easy transition from task to task. The main content area on the right is where the real work happens, this area will change as you select the different tasks in the navigation panel on the left. Each view contains one or more portlets that typically include a link for help in the header, see the following figure as an example.
Console Navigation (left panel)
As briefly explained in the previous section, the navigation panel provides access to the different tasks for administering the resources in Geronimo. This navigation panel is organized in the following main groups:
#Welcome
#Server
#Services
#Applications
#Security
#Misc
Welcome
This is the welcome page you see when you log in. It provides a gerenal description of what the Geronimo Administration Console is as well as some shortcut links to common tasks such as:
Common Console Actions
- Database Pools
- Security Realms
- JMS Resources
- Deploy Applications
- Web Server Ports
- Memory & Uptime
This page also provide links to:
Geronimo Online
- The Geronimo Home Page
- Problem Tracking Database
- Users Mailing List
- Developers Mailing List
- Geronimo IRC chat
Geronimo Documentation
Server
Organized under the Server group you will find statistical information as well as links for configuring and administering the different servers. This group is organized as follows:
- Information
- JVM
- Server Logs
- Shutdown/Restart
- Web Server
- EJB Server
- JMS Server
- J2EE Connectors
- CORBA/IIOP
- UDDI Server