8.2.3 Authentication and operation mechanisms of the Web GUI

Before you can use the Web GUI to operate units of a jobnet, you must log in from the Web GUI to JP1/AJS3 - Manager as a JP1 user. Use the user authentication function of JP1/Base (authentication server) to log in.

When you enter your authentication information (JP1 user name and password) in the Web GUI, the information is forwarded via the Web Console server to the authentication server, where you are authenticated as a JP1 user. The authentication server to be used is set on the manager host to which the Web GUI connects.

Figure 8‒7: Authentication mechanism of the Web GUI

If authentication is successful, you will be able to operate the units in a jobnet within the limits of the access permissions of the JP1 user account that you used to log in. When you perform an operation on a unit from the Web GUI, a request corresponding to the operation is sent to the Web Console server. The Web Console server connects to JP1/AJS3 - Manager and requests for JP1/AJS3 - Manager to execute the operation. When JP1/AJS3 - Manager finishes processing, the execution result is sent to the Web GUI through the Web Console server.

The following figure shows the unit operation mechanism of the Web GUI.

Figure 8‒8: Unit operation mechanism of the Web GUI

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