Netscape ConsoleChapter 9 Administration Tasks and Tools 325Whenever you try to gain access to Administration Server, you will be prompted toauthenticate yourself to the configuration directory by entering your user ID andpassword. These are the administrator user name and password that you specifiedwhen you installed Certificate Management System (or the first server in the servergroup) and Administration Server on your computer. Once Administration Serveris running, you can use Netscape Console to administer all servers in that group,including Certificate Management System.For complete details about Netscape Administration Server, see Managing Serverswith Netscape Console. To locate an online version of this book, go to/manual/index.html.Starting Administration ServerThe CMS installation program automatically starts the instance of AdministrationServer that you identified during installation for monitoring CertificateManagement System. If you stopped Administration Server after installation, youmust start it before you can administer Certificate Management System from theCMS window.You can start the server from Netscape Console, the command line, or theWindows NT Services panel.• To start Administration Server from Netscape Console:a. Log in to Netscape Console (see “Logging In to Netscape Console” onpage 326).b. In the Console tab, locate the Administration Server instance that you wantto start, and double-click the corresponding entry.The Administration Server window appears.c. In the Tasks tab, click Start the Server.• To start Administration Server from the command line:At the prompt, enter the following line: /start-adminThis command starts Administration Server at the port number you specifiedduring installation. Once the server is running, you can use Netscape Consoleto access Certificate Management System.• Administration Server runs as a service in a Windows system. For example,you can use the Windows NT Services panel to start the service directly.
