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The administrative console

The administrative console is a browser-based interface used to administer applications, services, and other resources at a cell, node, server, or cluster scope. You can use the console with stand-alone servers and with deployment managers that manage all servers in a cell in a networked environment.

The administrative console is part of the Integrated Solutions Console framework in general, and the WebSphere Application Server administrative console in particular. As a result, many administrative tasks (for example, setting security, viewing logs, and installing applications) are the same for all products that use the console, including IBM Business Process Manager and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. Those tasks are documented in the WebSphere Application Server Information Center.

If you have installed a stand-alone profile, you have a single node in its own administrative domain, known as a cell. Use the administrative console to manage applications, buses, servers, and resources within that administrative domain.

Similarly, if you have installed and configured a network deployment cell, you have a deployment manager node and one or more managed nodes in the same cell. Use the administrative console to manage applications, set up managed nodes in the cell, and monitor and control those nodes and their resources.

In the administrative console, task filters provide a simplified user experience and, through the progressive disclosure of functions, access to the full underlying WebSphere Application Server administrative capabilities.

• Administrative console areas
  Use the administrative console to create and manage objects such as resources, applications, and servers. Additionally, use the administrative console to view product messages.

• Server and bus features of the administrative interfaces
  

  You can view and change aspects of the server and bus environment from the administrative console or from the command line.

• Service application features of the administrative interfaces
  Use the administrative console in IBM Business Process Manager to view and change aspects of service applications and service modules.

• Administrative console actions with command assistance
  Command assistance is available for a subset of administrative console actions. When available, command assistance displays the wsadmin scripting command for the last console action that you performed.

  You can then use this data to create wsadmin scripts that automate certain administrative tasks.

Parent topic: User interfaces