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Configuring Web Support

If NerveCenter web support was installed on a machine with a supported web server installed and running, NerveCenter Setup (or the installation script on UNIX) already configured your web server. Users should be able to connect immediately.

If NerveCenter web support was installed on a machine without an installed and running web server, you must configure your web server by doing the following:

  1. Set up a NerveCenter directory that links to the Web subdirectory in the NerveCenter installation directory and that has read access.
  2. Set up a NerveCenterCGI directory that links to the Web\CGI subdirectory in the NerveCenter installation directory and that has read and execute access.
  3. Make sure that either index.html or default.htm are supported as default documents.

The following sample procedure illustrates how to configure Internet Information Server (IIS) on Windows to support NerveCenter.

Note    See your web server documentation for complete instructions.

 
  To configure Internet Information Server on Windows:

  1. Start the Internet Service Manager.
  2. Select Service Properties for the server you chose when you installed NerveCenter.

Note    Any web server NerveCenter uses must use the default port 80.

  1. Select the Directories tab.
  2. Create the NerveCenter directory that links to the Web subdirectory by doing the following:

a.      Select Add.

b.      In the Directory field, type the full path of the Web subdirectory.

For example, if you installed in the default location, the path would be C:\Program Files\OPENSERVICE\NerveCenter\Web.

c.      In the Alias field, type NerveCenter.

d.      On the Access panel, select the Read check box.

e.      Select OK.

  1. Create the NerveCenterCGI directory that links to the Web\CGI subdirectory by doing the following:

 .       Select Add.

a.      In the Directory field, type the full path of the Web subdirectory.

For example, if you installed in the default location, the path would be C:\Program Files\OPENSERVICE\NerveCenter\Web\CGI.

b.      In the Alias field, type NerveCenterCGI.

c.      On the Access panel, select the Read and Execute check boxes.

d.      Select OK.

  1. Check the Enable Default Document check box.
  2. If the Default Document(s) field doesn't already include index.html and default.htm, add them. Separate multiple entries in this field with commas.
  3. If Web publishing is off, turn on the web server.

Note    If you have another web server running (Netscape FastTrack, for example), you must shut down the other web server before you can start IIS.

By entering http://server/NerveCenter in a standard web browser, where server is the name of the machine on which your web server is running, users can now monitor a network.

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This file was last updated on 10 October 2000