Web administration package

The Web Administration package is an administration tool that is downloadable from the CS Linux support web page https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/web-administration-package. This package provides the scripts and instructions for allowing remote Web browser access to administration functions for CS Linux.

Using a Web server, like Apache or the IBM HTTP Server, this package provides remote access to the administration functions such as query, status, start and stop which you normally find on the Motif-based xsnaadmin GUI. This package is designed to provide the administrator with a secure and safe method for remote administration of the CS Linux resources. The same package will run on Intel, Power and IBM Z platforms that are supported by CS Linux.

This package uses Perl-CGI and Perl scripts to execute the administration functions. Almost all Web browsers work well with this package. The commands executed to query and manage resources are found in the snaadmin command line tool (refer to Command-line administration program).

The Web Administration package provides access to resources controlled in Node and Domain, Connections, Host Resources, TN3270E Server, APPC, APPN, Query, Status and Diagnostic panels. With these Web interfaces, you can query any resource on the node or get status of sessions, links, LUs and node conditions.

The Web pages provide the interfaces to display link, PU and node conditions. You can start or stop the node, links and PUs as needed.

Host connectivity resources can be displayed in the same manner as the command line administration calls, with additional displays that are concise for management purposes. Enhanced displays for links, pools of LUs, PUs, and TN3270E server sessions are available.

Remote access is protected by User ID and password authentication using Linux supplied password protection packages. The WebAdmin program provides two URL sites for access, one is a read/write site that allows one to configure, start/stop and capture trace as well as query information. The other is a read only access to view status.