Administer the Liberty profile using Admin Center

We can use WebSphere Liberty Administrative Center ("Admin Center") to administer Liberty profile servers and applications and other resources from a web browser on a cell phone, tablet, or computer.

Use the Admin Center with a Liberty profile server or Liberty Core installation. An installation of the WebSphere Application Server full profile is not required.

Admin Center offers the ability to start, stop, and view details about Liberty profile servers and applications. It also offers the ability to view bookmarked information, to add tools, to monitor server resources, and to deploy server packages on hosts within a collective. Advantages of the Admin Center design include:

• A user interface with a mobile look-and-feel for web browsers on a cell phone or tablet

• Support for multiple lightweight, task-oriented tools

• A toolbox that we can customize by selecting tools from a catalog, specifying bookmarks, or specify user preferences

Watch: The Touring Admin Center video shows the user interface and briefly describes Admin Center features. [Transcript]

1. Set up Admin Center.

   • Install Liberty profile with Admin Center.

   • Configure server.xml to enable Admin Center and secure login.

   • If the server is not running, start the server.

2. Log in to Admin Center.

   • Point a web browser at Admin Center.

   • On the Welcome page, specify an authorized user name and password to log in.

3. Use the Toolbox.

   • Select a tool or bookmark.

   • Add or remove a tool.

   • Add or remove a bookmark.

   • Rearrange tool and bookmark icons.

   • Filter toolbox contents.

   • Edit user preferences such as text direction.

4. Use the Explore tool to explore and manage resources in the Liberty profile topology.

   • View a summary of all resources on the Explore tool Dashboard.

   • View a summary of all applications, clusters, servers, or hosts.

   • View details about a resource.

   • View details about all servers on a Liberty runtime.

   • Start, stop, or restart a resource.

   • Deploy a server package on a host from the Explore tool.

5. Optional: Use the Deploy tool to install Liberty profile server package (archive) files on hosts within a collective.

6. Optional: After using the Deploy tool, use the Background Tasks page to check the status of Deploy Installation tasks.

7. After completing work in Admin Center, log out.

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