User Guide
Introducing NetWare Web Manager 25
Getting Results with Novell Web Services
103-000133-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
2 Introducing NetWare Web Manager
NetWare
®
Web Manager is a browser-based management tool used to
configure and manage the NetWare Enterprise Web server. But it also serves
as a front door to other NetWare browser-based management tools, such as
NetWare Remote Manager. It can be likened to a Web site’s home page with
links to other resources and tools.
HINT: Web Manager and many other Web-based management tools used for
managing NetWare 6 rely on the industry leading Apache Web server. Therefore,
when viewing Web Manager access or error log files, or when shutting down or
restarting Web Manager, you are actually affecting the Apache Server, not the
NetWare Enterprise Web Server.
Using a workstation and Web browser, you can access Web Manager either
locally (from within your WAN or LAN), or from remote locations where you
have Internet access. Web Manager lets you
Manage the Enterprise Web Server
Monitor Web server activity
Set up and manage user authentication and access to information on your
server using Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
or local database modes
Access other browser-based management tools such as NetWare Remote
Manager or NetWare Web Search Server (see Table 1, “NetWare 6 Web-
based Management Tools,” on page 26)
Requirements for Using Web Manager
To use Web Manager, you must be using a 4.x or newer Web browser such as
Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator.
If you have a firewall, you need to configure it to allow the Web Manager port
number to be made available. By default, the port number assigned is 2200.
However, this is configurable during and after NetWare 6 installation. When
changing port numbers, refer to Appendix F, “Port Number Assignments,” on
page 285.