Chapter 8: Geronimo Web Console

Overview

The Geronimo Web console is easily the single most frequently used tool on Geronimo. It aims to be a one-stop shop for all your Geronimo administration, configuration, and management needs.

The Web console provides a friendly user interface for frequently performed administration, configuration, and management tasks. For some daily administration tasks, the Web console can eliminate the need to use tedious command-line tools.

This chapter introduces the Web console, reveals that it is just another Geronimo-hosted application, and then walks you through all the features supported by the Web console.

You can use the Web console to:

• Perform server administration tasks

• Configure and manage system services and resources

• Deploy and manage applications

• Install or create plug-ins

• Set up container-managed security

• Manage and configure a system database

In this chapter, each of these functional areas is explored. You will visit many of the user-interface screens in the Web console and get an overview understanding of the purpose for every functional area of the Web console. The tasks that are performable through the Web console will be explained, and references will be drawn to other chapters in this book for a more detailed exploration.

To add even more value to your journey through the Web console, the exploration will be paralleled with an explanation of how to perform some of the Web console tasks using the command-line alternatives (if available). This will fortify your understanding of the relationship between the command-line tools and the Web console. It can also serve as a handy reference for the rainy days when the Web console cannot be accessed.

By the end of the chapter, you will be fluent in the usage of the Web console. You will be able to use the console for many of your daily administrative and configuration tasks.