Managing Server Connections

How to:

The Server Manager facility enables you to administer the list of available iWay Service Manager servers where you can publish your Transform and Ebix components using Publishing Manager. For more information, see Using Publishing Manager. In addition, you can open any of the Transform or Ebix components, which reside on these iWay Service Manager servers for viewing or editing in the Transformer environment. The Server Manager enables you to add a server connection, configure a server connection, or remove a server.


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Procedure: How to Add a Server Configuration

To add a server configuration:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Server Manager.

    The Server Manager dialog box opens as shown in the following image.

  2. Click Add.

    The Add Server Configuration dialog box opens as shown in the following image.

  3. In the Name field, type the display name for your server configuration.
  4. In the Description field, type a description of the server configuration.
  5. In the URL field, type the location of the server you want to add.

    The format of the URL is:

    http://host:port 

    where:

    host

    Is the host machine on which iWay Service Manager is installed. The default value is localhost.

    port

    Is the port on which iWay Service Manager is listening. The default port is 9999.

  6. In the User Name field, type the user ID for the iWay Server.
  7. In the Password field, type the password for the iWay Server.
  8. Click Add.

    The new server configuration is added to the list of available servers in the Server Manager window.


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Procedure: How to Modify an Existing Server Configuration

To modify an existing server configuration:

  1. In Server Manager, select the server configuration you want to modify, and click Properties.

    The Server Configuration Properties dialog box opens, listing the information you entered when you first created the server connection.

    Note: You can manage the Transform and Ebix components that are published on this server by clicking the Components button.

  2. Make any required changes to the server configuration.
  3. After you are finished, click Apply and then OK.

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Procedure: How to Delete a Server Configuration

To delete a server configuration:

  1. In Server Manager, select the server you want to delete and click Remove.

    A deletion confirmation dialog box appears.

  2. Click Yes.

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