Administer MobileFirst applications

The MobileFirst Operations web console is used to...

• Deploy mobile applications and adapters to MobileFirst Server.
• Deploy new versions or remotely disable old versions.
• Manage access to a devices and applications.
• Display notification messages on application startup.
• Monitor push notification services.
• Collect client-side logs.

Administration roles...

Role	Description
Monitor	Monitor deployed MobileFirst projects and deployed artifacts. Read-only.
Operator	Perform application management operations. Cannot add or remove application versions or adapters.
Deployer	Perform the same operations as the Operator, but can also deploy applications and adapters.
Administrator	Perform all application administration operations.

The predefined operations console deployed to the embedded Liberty server has the following authentication configuration:

Role	User	Password
worklightadmin	admin	admin
worklightdeployer	deployer	demo
worklightmonitor	monitor	demo
worklightoperator	operator	demo

We must map the different administrators to these roles when you configure MobileFirst Server during installation of operations console. See Install administration services and the operations console.

operations console can be used to administer several runtime environments, which are issued from several independent MobileFirst projects and are deployed to the same application server or cluster. For more information about deploying a MobileFirst project, see Deploy apps from dev to test and prod.

operations console is not the only way to administer MobileFirst applications. MPF also provides other tools to incorporate administration operations into your build and deployment process.

A set of REST services is available to perform administration operations. For API reference documentation of these services, see REST Services API.

With this set of REST services, we can perform the same operations we can do in operations console. You can manage applications, adapters, and, for example, upload a new version of an application or disable an old version.

MobileFirst applications can also be administered using Ant tasks or with the wladmin command line tool. See wladm Ant task or Administer MobileFirst applications through the command line.

Similar to the web-based console, the REST services, Ant tasks, and command line tools are secured and require you to provide your administrator credentials, which enable you to perform operations within the specified role.

• Administer MobileFirst applications with operations console
  We can administer MobileFirst applications through the operations console by deploying new versions of mobile and desktop apps, by locking apps or denying access, or by displaying notification messages.

• wladm Ant task
  We can administer MobileFirst applications through the wladm Ant task.

• Administer MobileFirst applications through the command line
  We can administer MobileFirst applications through the wladm program.

• Administer push notifications with the operations console
  The Push Notifications page in the operations console provides you with a quick view of the various entities in the push notification chain.

• Application Center
  Learn about the Application Center: what it is for, the different components and features, and how to use the console and the client.

• Federal standards support in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation
  IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation supports Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC), and United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) specifications. MPF also supports the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2, which is a security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules.