3.1 Accessing NNMi
Now that you have installed NNMi and completed post-installation configuration tasks, you can begin managing your network. All network monitoring and event-handling tasks can be accessed through the NNMi console, which opens in a Web browser.
To access the NNMi console, follow these steps:
Make sure that you are using a supported Web browser.
Enable the Web browser for JavaScript, pop-up windows from the NNMi management server, and to accept cookies from the NNMi management server.
Enter the following URL into a Web browser window:
http://fully-qualified-domain-name:port/nnm/
where fully-qualified-domain-name represents the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server, and port is the port that JBoss Application Server uses for communicating with the NNMi console.
If your NNMi management server has more than one domain name, NNMi chooses one during the installation process. To determine which fully qualified domain name NNMi is using, run the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl script. For details, see the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl Reference Page.
If you cannot start an NNMi console when pointing your browser to an NNMi management server that is installed on a Windows operating system, you might have a Windows firewall on the NNMi management server that is blocking the http port. See (4) Problem: You cannot start the NNMi console when accessing a Windows NNMi management server.
In the NNMi sign-in window, enter your user account name and password, and then click Sign In.
For details, see About user accounts and roles below.
- About user accounts and roles
After installation, NNMi provides a special system account to be used to access NNMi for the first time. Do not use this system account for everyday use.
For everyday use, the NNMi administrator sets up an account for each user (or group of users) and assigns a pre-configured user role to each account. User roles determine who has access to the NNMi console, as well as which workspaces and actions are available to each user. NNMi provides the user roles listed below for NNMi console access. These roles are predefined by the program and cannot be modified:
Administrator
Operator level 2
Operator level 1
Guest
Before configuring NNMi sign-in access for your team, determine which pre-defined NNMi role is appropriate for each team member. The roles are hierarchical, meaning the higher level roles include all privileges of the lower-level roles in the hierarchy (Administrator is highest, Guest is lowest).
User accounts and roles, along with command-line access, are configured in the NNMi console. For details, see Configuring Security in NNMi Help.
NNMi provides an out-of-the-box https configuration using a self-signed certificate created during installation. For details about using a signed certificate from a Certificate Authority instead of the self-signed certificate, see 10. Working with Certificates for NNMi.