Connecting to the Management Console

To administer an IBM® Content Classification system, you must connect to the IBM Content Classification system by specifying the URL for the listener component.

About this task

The listener is the server-side component that acts as the entry point to IBM Content Classification. Client requests are received by the listener and dispatched to the appropriate server component for processing. When the IBM Content Classification server is installed, the installer specifies where the listener is to be installed. The default option is to install the listener on the same computer with the server software. If the listener and the server software are installed on separate computers, ensure that your firewalls are properly configured to allow communication between the components.

Restriction: The host name of the computer where the listener is installed must be mapped to the IP address in the computer's domain name system (DNS). For example, on Windows, map the host name to the IP address in the Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.

Procedure

Start the Management Console:

Environment	Procedure
AIX®, Linux, or Solaris	Log on as the IBM Content Classification administrative user. At the command prompt, type the full path of the Management Console application. The default path is `user_home`/IBM/ContentClassification/Bin/ManagementConsole/ManagementConsole.sh.
Windows	Click Start > Programs > IBM Content Classification 8.8 > Management Console.

On the Connect to the Management Console window, verify or specify the URL of the listener component and click OK:
http://listener_host:listener_port

Where:
listener_host

Specifies the host name or IP address of the computer on which the listener component is installed.

listener_port

Specifies the listener port number.

For example, if the listener is installed on the local computer with the default port, the URL is http://localhost:18087.