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All service managers and browsers use the same browser framework, which provides common menus and tool bars. Common functions are standardised between individual browsers so each new browser presents a gentle learning curve.
New browsers can be opened to manage individual service elements. Each new browser opens in the browser framework as a new panel identified by a named tab. Switch between different browsers by clicking on the browsers' name tabs.
The hub of the browser framework is the Administration Manager. This is where OpenFusion can be configured and controlled.
The Administration Manager can be started by selecting Start | Programs | OpenFusion | Administration Manager from the taskbar or by running the following batch file:
where <install_dir> is the OpenFusion installation directory.
Use the following script to start the Administration Manager:
where <install_dir> is the OpenFusion installation directory.
When the OpenFusion Naming Service is used with Orbix 2000 on Unix, the Administration Manager should be started with a -x parameter as follows:
The following command line switches can be used when starting the Administration Manager:
Start the Administration Manager without a connection to an ORB. This does not allow Services to be started or stopped, and does not report any status information from Services. The Manager can be used purely as an XML configuration tool.
The Administration Manager attempts to start on the port specified in the Server Port property on the Administration Manager properties panel.
The Administration Manager will only show configurations which can be managed from the node the manager is started from.
Gives usage information on the command line switches. The switches --help and -? can also be used.
By default, configuration information for an OpenFusion CORBA Services installation is located under the OpenFusion installation directory. If this directory is changed (to allow configuration from a remote host, for example), the locations of the new directories must be passed to the Administration Manager on start up.
The three parameters listed below point to the configuration directories at different levels of the OpenFusion hierarchy. These parameters must be expressed as valid URL strings. The hierarchy is explained more fully in Object Hierarchy.
The location of the top-level domains directory. This defaults to:
<INSTALL>/domains
Where <INSTALL> is the OpenFusion installation directory.
The location of the OpenFusion domain directory. This defaults to:
<INSTALL>/domains/OpenFusion
The location of the node directory. This defaults to:
<INSTALL>/domains/OpenFusion/localhost
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