Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Managing your servers

Before you can begin to manage your site using the Site Management page, add the source and target servers to the Resource Manager portlet. After adding the servers to the portlet, you can edit and remove servers and manage access to the servers.

1. Log on as an administrator to the server where you will manage your site.
2. Perform the following steps to add a new server:

   1. Navigate to the Site Management page by clicking Launch > Administration > Site Management.
   2. Click Manage servers > Add new server.
   3. Enter the fully qualified Host name for the server.
   4. Enter the server's Port number.
   5. Enter the server's Path, accept the default path, for example:/wps/mycontenthandler. Note: If you are configuring a virtual portal, then the path would be /wps/mycontenthandler/vpid where vpid is the virtual portal identifier.
   6. Assign a unique name for the server.
   7. Check the use Secure Sockets Layer option if the server is set up for SSL.
   8. Click OK to save your changes or click Cancel to exit without saving your changes.
3. Perform the following steps to Manage server access:

   Use the Manage server access option to provide or update the login credentials to servers you are managing.

   1. Click Manage servers and then select Manage server access.
   2. Select the server you want to access from the drop-down menu.
   3. Enter the User name for the server.
   4. Enter the Password for the server.
   5. Click Save to save the information or click Done to exit without saving the information.
4. Perform the following steps to edit a server:

   1. Click Manage servers and then select Edit > servername.
   2. Edit the fully qualified Host name for the server.
   3. Edit the server's Port number.
   4. Edit the server's Path.
   5. Edit the Assign a unique name for the server.
   6. Check the use Secure Sockets Layer option if the server is set up for SSL.
   7. Click OK to save your changes or click Cancel to exit without saving your changes.
5. Perform the following steps to remove a server:

   1. Click Manage servers and then select Remove > servername.
   2. Click OK to delete the server or Cancel to exit without deleting the server.