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Chapter 3 Navigating Central Administration : Navigating the Web Interface

Navigating the Web Interface
The Central Administration web interface is designed to be intuitive and easy to navigate. Upon login, you are presented with the Server List Page, which shows a list of all EMS servers managed by this Central Administration instance. To view or edit the configuration settings for an EMS server, click the server name and you are taken to the Server Overview Page. This page is a gateway to all configuration options for that server.
The Deployments Page is also accessed from the Server List page. This page provides details about every deployment executed from Central Administration. Common Navigation Tools, such as breadcrumbs and sidebars, provide quick access to top-level pages from sub-pages.
The sections below describe each of these primary pages and the tasks you can perform from the page.
Server List Page
The Server List page is the home page of the Central Administration web interface. Its main content is a complete list of EMS servers managed by the Central Administration server.
From this page, you can:
Server Overview Page
To access the overview page for an EMS server, locate the server in the Server List page and click the server name. You are taken to that server’s overview page.
The Server overview page is the primary page from which you access the configuration settings of an EMS server. Its main content is a set of links to the various properties pages of the Central Administration interface.
The properties page links are organized into columns, corresponding to their uses:
Destinations — settings related to destinations.
Connections — settings related to connections between the server and other servers and clients.
Server — primary server configuration settings and monitoring.
Security — settings related to security, including user configuration, access control lists, SSL, and so forth.
Complete descriptions of these properties pages are provided in subsequent chapters.
Deployments Page
To access the Deployments page, click the Deployments link that appears in the sidebar for the Server List page:
From this page, you can:
Common Navigation Tools
Home Logo
Clicking the TIBCO EMSCA logo at the top of each page returns to the main Server List page.
Page Name and Breadcrumbs
The large titles at the top of each page indicate where you are within the server configuration. The black title indicates the name of the current page or object configuration being viewed. The green titles summarize the context of the page you are on, and let you return to pages you have recently viewed.
Sidebar
The sidebar (visible on most pages) speeds navigation to other pages. The content of the sidebar is dependent on your current location.
In addition, a Servers link is available to return you to the Server List page.
On all pages, a Logout username link logs the current user out of Central Administration. Note that this feature is only visible when JAAS authentication is configured.
Icons
Icons are used throughout the Central Administration web interface to give access to commonly used commands and tasks. These icons are divided into two general categories, and are described in the tables below:
Command Icons  Icons in the upper right corner denote commands. The available set of command icons varies depending on the state and location within the Central Administration web interface. These icons are described in Table 5.
Manipulating Items Icons  These general-use icons can appear in several contexts within the Central Administration web interface. These icons are described in Table 6.
 
Table 5 Command Icons
Discard undeployed modifications; display the current EMS server configuration.
 
Index Pages
Index pages present a list of the items that are defined for a page. For example, Server List page includes an index of servers that are defined in the Central Administration server. Similarly, the Queues properties page offers an index of queues that are defined for the EMS server, and the Multicast properties page includes an index of channels that are defined. To view details about any item in the list, click the item name.
For more information, see Using Index Pages.

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