Netscape ConsoleChapter 9 Administration Tasks and Tools 323The Console tab displays all servers registered in a particular configurationdirectory, giving you a consolidated view of all the server software and resourcesunder your control. What you control is determined by the access permissions thesuperadministrator has set up for you.From this view you can perform tasks across arbitrary groups or a cluster ofservers in a single operation. In other words, you can use the Console tab tomanage a single server or multiple servers that are installed on different ports onone machine. Also, you can access individual server windows (or administrationinterfaces) by double-clicking the icons for the corresponding server instanceentries (SIEs).With the exception of Certificate Management System, all server instancesdisplayed on the Console tab store their configuration information in the sameconfiguration directory. For security purposes, Certificate Management Systemuses file-based configuration which is stored locally on the host system; duringinstallation, the server registers only its SIE in the configuration directory. Fordetails about this file, see “CMS Configuration” on page 335.You can accomplish various CMS-specific tasks from the Console tab:• Install multiple instances of Certificate Management System.• Remove an instance of Certificate Management System from a system or host.• Clone an instance of Certificate Management System.• Set access permissions for Certificate Management System.• Migrate configuration information from one version of CertificateManagement System to another.• Launch the Administration Server window (so that you can configure anAdministration Server instance for administering Certificate ManagementSystem).• Launch the CMS window.Users and Groups TabThe Users and Groups tab (shown in Figure 9-2) manages user accounts, grouplists, and access control information for individual users and groups. Allapplications registered within the Netscape Console framework share core userand group information in the user directory, which typically is a global directoryfor corporatewide user data.
