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Administering
This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
Administering
The SafeLinx Administrator administration client is the primary tool for viewing, adding, configuring, and managing HCL SafeLinx resources. Along with the SafeLinx Administrator, you can use the HCL SafeLinx Monitor to view information about packet flow through the SafeLinx Server. You can also use a set of command line tools to perform common SafeLinx Server tasks.
Using the SafeLinx Administrator
SafeLinx Administrator is the console for the administrator to the SafeLinx Server. Review the ways in which SafeLinx Administrator presents information and the ways you can use it to administer the resources.
Editing resource properties
The Properties window is a tool through which the user can view and modify the characteristics of a resource. Properties is an option which shows on the menu for every type of resource.

Administering
This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
- Overview
  HCL SafeLinx uses standards-based protocols to enable secure access from mobile computing devices outside the firewall to business applications and data on your organization's internal network.
- Security
  HCL SafeLinx includes a range of options for configuring the security of your network, applications, and data.
- Installation planning
  Before you install HCL SafeLinx, verify that you meet the hardware and software requirements, and that the network connections that you want to use are available.
- Roadmaps: Installing and setting up SafeLinx
  The following "roadmap" topics guide you through installing and initially configuring SafeLinx. Refer to the topic that corresponds to your relational database and server operating system.
- Installing and initial configuration
  Initial configuration and installation of HCL SafeLinx varies based on your operating system and relational database.
- Adding a secure login profile
  By default, the SafeLinx Administrator communicates with the access manager over an unencrypted connection. If you want the connection between the SafeLinx Administrator and the access manager to use transport layer security (TLS) protocols, add a secure login profile to the SafeLinx Administrator.
- Adding and configuring resources
  After you complete the installation and initial configuration, continue to prepare the deployment by configuring other network resources.
- Administering
  The SafeLinx Administrator administration client is the primary tool for viewing, adding, configuring, and managing HCL SafeLinx resources. Along with the SafeLinx Administrator, you can use the HCL SafeLinx Monitor to view information about packet flow through the SafeLinx Server. You can also use a set of command line tools to perform common SafeLinx Server tasks.
  - Using the SafeLinx Administrator
    SafeLinx Administrator is the console for the administrator to the SafeLinx Server. Review the ways in which SafeLinx Administrator presents information and the ways you can use it to administer the resources.
    - Elements of the SafeLinx Administrator
      The navigation pane of the SafeLinx Administrator application includes two tabs, a Tasks tab and a Resources tab, from which you can view, create, and configure network resources. A second pane displays profile and properties information for the resources that you open from the navigation pane.
    - Navigating the SafeLinx Administrator interface
      When you double-click some resources in the Tasks pane, a resulting list of that resource type displays in the Resources pane. For example, when you double-click User in the Tasks pane, a list of users displays in the Resources pane.
    - Adding columns to the resource view
      In the Resource view, SafeLinx Administrator displays summary information for a class of resources in a table. Add columns to the table to display the summary information that is most important to you.
    - Removing columns from the Resource view
      In the Resource view, SafeLinx Administrator displays summary information for a class of resources in a table. If a column displays information that you would rather not include in this view, you can remove the column.
    - Resetting columns in the Resources view
      In the Resource view, SafeLinx Administrator displays summary information for a class of resources in a table. If you customized the table by adding or removing columns, or by modifying the order of the columns, and now want to restore the original column settings, you can reset the columns.
    - Adding resources
      Resources are objects or containers for objects. For example, an OU is a resource that contains other resources, such as Connection Managers, users, or mobile devices.
    - Editing resource properties
      The Properties window is a tool through which the user can view and modify the characteristics of a resource. Properties is an option which shows on the menu for every type of resource.
    - Finding resources
      From the SafeLinx Administrator, you can search for resources in your HCL SafeLinx deployment.
    - Viewing users
      You can view and manage all SafeLinx users from the SafeLinx Administrator, including users whose account records exist in external directories.
    - Viewing SafeLinx Server logs
      Message and trace logs are stored in files on the Connection Manager. The account records are stored either in a relational database or in a file on the SafeLinx Server system. For more information about using logs, see the Troubleshooting Guide.
  - Monitoring packet flow
    Use HCL SafeLinx Monitor to view packet flow through the SafeLinx Server.
  - Starting the SafeLinx Server
    When you first install the SafeLinx Server, you can specify whether you want it to start automatically when the operating system starts. You can also start and stop the SafeLinx Server independently from the operating system from the SafeLinx Administrator, from the command line, or from the service monitor for your operating system.
  - Stopping the SafeLinx Server
- Programming reference
  There are several programming considerations of which you might want to take advantage.
- Database schema information
  HCL SafeLinx uses a DB2, Oracle, MySQL, or SQL database to store tables of information about current and past activity of SafeLinx Server sessions. The following tables are created and accessed by using the qualifier name wg for DB2 installations.
- Step by step: Nomad configuration
  Here are step-by-step instructions that serve as an example of how to install and configure HCL SafeLinx for Nomad on MySQL on Linux.

Editing resource properties

The Properties window is a tool through which the user can view and modify the characteristics of a resource. Properties is an option which shows on the menu for every type of resource.

Procedure

To display the Properties window for a resource, right-click the resource in a list and select Properties. You can change the values you entered when you created the resource. In some cases, you can enter values that are not required when you create a resource.
Properties windows use tabs to group resource parameters. The first tab usually shows the most general parameters, including those parameters that identify the resource.
Use the Refresh button in the Tasks pane to refresh the view of the Tasks pane. Use the Refresh button in the Resources pane to refresh only the view of the Resources pane.
Note:
If you have multiple SafeLinx Server objects defined in a common data store, you can see and access all SafeLinx Servers in the Tasks pane. If you attempt to edit SafeLinx Servers or their subordinate resources other than those resources for the one you are logged on to, some of their attributes might be displayed incorrectly. This problem occurs only if the attributes run on a different operating system than the access manager you are logged on to. For this reason, do not modify the properties of cross-platform resources.

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