Managing the Administrator Server

An Administrator server performs the following functions:

• Gathers management data from nodes
• Interacts with the Administrator web and command-line UIs
• Interacts with an authentication realm to authenticate users
• Interacts with hosts to manage nodes
• Stores and retrieves configuration and runtime data from the persistent store

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator server runs on the node, SystemNode, which is managed by the host, SystemHost.

The Administrator servers interact with other servers:

• Database - maintains Administrator server configuration, performance, log, and payload data
• Authentication realm - maintains user data
• Notification - propagates status messages between Administrator server, hosts, and nodes
• Messaging Bus - propagates messages between applications
• UDDI server - (optional) maintains published service data

The communication channels between Administrator servers and other servers can be secured with SSL. For information on SSL support, see the installation manual for your product.