Double-click on the New Connection icon or select File / New Connection in the main menu to open the New Connection dialog window.
- Product
Selection of a server application which will be administered.
Upon the startup, the Administration Console detects available administration modules and sets corresponding items for this entry. If administration program is not available for a particular application, connection cannot be established and a bookmark cannot be created.
- Server
DNS name or IP address of the computer on which the server application is installed.
If you intend to connect to the server application from the computer where it is installed, specify server name as
localhost(i.e. loopback).We recommend not to use IP addresses of network adapters of the computer or corresponding DNS names. Server applications use IP address to which the Administration Console connects to distinguish local administration from remote administration. If remote administration is not enabled, the application accepts only connections to the
localhost.The New Connection caches a few servers which have been recently used. When connecting to the same server again, name or address of the server can simply be selected from a list (for this purpose, we recommend you to create a bookmark — then, connections will be faster and easier).
- Username and Password
Username and password used for connection to a server application administration. User must possess the Read/Write access rights (for administration), or the Read only access rights (for configuration viewing).
The dialog also caches username used for the last connection.
Click Connect to establish connection with the selected server application. Upon successful connection and authentication, a corresponding administration module is opened and the main window of theAdministration Console is closed.
Notes:
The network protocol used for communication between Administration Console and the server is independent from the operating system. This implies that for example Kerio MailServer at the server with Mac OS can be administered remotely from a workstation with Windows, etc.
To procure the best security possible, Administration Console test trustworthiness of the server's certificate upon each connection. For details, see chapter 3.3 Checking the server's identity.
To keep certain login data for repeated connections, click before clicking on . This button opens a dialog window for saving the bookmark.
Specify Name that will represent the bookmark in the Administration Console's main window. The name will be also used for the filename where the bookmark will be saved (see chapter 2 Installation, File Location and Startup).
Warning: If password is entered by the moment when the bookmark is saved, the password is also saved. Therefore, it is possible to protect bookmarks in Administration Console by password (for details, see chapter 3.4 Password-protected bookmarks).
Right-click on a selected bookmark to open its context menu providing the following functions:
Connect — connection to a corresponding server application (double clicking or pressing Enter on the bookmark also establishes the connection).
Delete — deletion of the selected bookmark. This action will physically remove a corresponding file from the disc (see chapter 2 Installation, File Location and Startup). Deleted bookmarks cannot be recovered unless there is a backup of the corresponding file available.
Rename — bookmark's name modification. This can be also done by double-clicking on the bookmark's name (as well as the icon on the Windows desktop).
Send to Desktop — use this option to create a link to the bookmark on the desktop. Bookmark files are matched with the Administration Console — double-clicking on the bookmark icon on the desktop runs a corresponding administration module and establishes connection to a corresponding server.
Note: This function is available only under Windows.
Properties — use this option to open the Bookmark properties dialog window. For detailed information on this dialog follow the instructions for the New Connection and the Save Bookmark dialogs described above.
