To administer Cumulus, there has to be a user account which functions as the Cumulus Administrator. This user account is created during the installation of the Cumulus Server with the default name cumulus.
The Cumulus Administrator has to perform the following tasks:
• Installing the Cumulus Server application on a server computer in the network.
• Registering your Cumulus configuration and activating the software.
• Configuring the Cumulus Server – employing the Remote Admin utility.
The Cumulus Administrator is responsible for the following tasks:
• Providing catalogs to Cumulus Clients by creating new catalogs or adding existing ones to the list of catalogs administered by the Cumulus Server.
• Configuring each catalog’s settings to meet the specific needs of the workgroup.
• Making catalogs available or unavailable to Cumulus Clients and defining individual user permissions.
• Maintaining the catalog files themselves, including tasks such as optimizing catalog performance, backing up and restoring catalogs, repairing catalogs, etc.
The permission to perform these tasks can be given to other users. The Cumulus Administrator has all these permissions by default and is the one who is responsible that the permissions are given according to the specific needs of the workgroup.
There is only one Cumulus Administrator, but to provide your workgroup with extra flexibility in managing catalogs, Cumulus permits more than one user to act as Cumulus Administrator simultaneously. It does not, however, permit more than one user to open a catalog as Administrator at the same time. Each one simply needs to enter the user name of the Cumulus Administrator when connecting to the Cumulus Server.
Initial Tasks and Their Order
The sections that follow describe how to log on as Administrator and then how to provide catalogs as this is the next step to be performed. This should be done before you set up any Cumulus Client users as you can only allow them access to catalogs that are provided by the Cumulus Server. For a description on how to set up users, see “Managing Users” . However, before you let your Cumulus Clients work with these catalogs you should set up the catalogs as well. For a description on how to set up catalogs, see “Catalog Settings” .
Logging On as Cumulus Administrator
Before you can begin managing your workgroup’s catalogs, you have to log onto the Server as Cumulus Administrator from a Cumulus Desktop Client application.
To log on as Cumulus Administrator:
1. From any Cumulus Desktop Client, select File > Connect to Cumulus Server.
The Connect to Serverdialog box appears.
2. In the Server field, select or enter the name of the Cumulus Server, you want to connect to.
If you are logging on from the same computer as the Server is installed, you can type in localhost. If more than one Cumulus Servers are available to you, click on the arrow to get a list displayed. This list contains the names/IP addresses of all currently active Cumulus Servers in the network. If necessary, edit the IP address of the Cumulus Server by selecting another one from the drop-down list. The IP address can be either a numbered address or the name of the Cumulus Server (e.g., cumulus.canto.com).
NOTE: To be able to connect to the Server, every Client must specify a port number. By default, Cumulus automatically determines an open port number and configures it for both Server and Clients (see “Remote Admin” ). Change the port number only to avoid a conflict with other server software. If the port number is changed, all Clients need to be informed of this fact or they will not be able to log on.
3. Under Connect as, enable Registered User.
4. Type the user name of the Cumulus Administrator in the Name field and the corresponding password in the Password field. (See “The Cumulus Administrator”, for information on the identity of the Cumulus Administrator.)
5. Click OK.
The Catalog Accesswindow appears.
The Catalog Access Window
The Catalog Access window lists all catalogs currently administered by the Cumulus Server and is the starting point for performing numerous administrative tasks.