Active Administrator 8.6 - Web Console User Guide

Active Administrator® Web Console extends the functionality of the built-in Windows® management tools for Active Directory® by allowing administrators to view and manage security in a much more extensible interface. You can open Active Administrator Web Console on a variety of devices in the following browsers:

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Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11

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Microsoft Edge™ 42

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Google Chrome™ 77

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Mozilla® Firefox® 70

The Active Directory Health dashboard is where you can monitor the overall health of your organization. From the dashboard, you can view Alerts, set up Notifications, run Health checks, and generate Reports. The Active Directory Topology viewer lets you monitor alerts while viewing a customizable topology diagram of your organization.

To keep you apprised of activity in Active Administrator Web Console, toast notifications appear in the lower corner of the display to inform you of success (green), information (blue), warnings (gold), and critical situations (red). You can close the toast or let them fade on their own.

Topics:

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Using the Active Administrator dashboard

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Using the Active Directory Health landing page

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Viewing alerts

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Creating alert notifications

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Creating a Health Check

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Viewing Active Directory forest topology

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Running reports

Configuring the web server

By default, the port used by the web server is 8080. You can change the port used by the web server and the logging settings.

By default, HTTP logging is enabled, and 7 days of logs are saved. A new log file is created each day and the logs are stored in the server logging directory in the WebLogs folder.

By default, if the online session is idle for 60 minutes, the user is logged out.

By default, the authentication token for the Active Administrator Web Console expires at 24 hours and is refreshed every 30 minutes.


	IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you use HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) by enabling Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). You need to select a certificate, which must be installed in the Personal or My store on the local computer. The default port is 9443.

To configure the web server

From the Start menu, open AA Server Manager.

Click Configure.

Enter the port number, if desired. The default port is 8080.

HTTP logging is enabled by default. HTTP log files are retained for 7 days by default. You can disable HTTP logging or change the number of days HTTP log files are retained.

Session timeouts are enabled by default. The session times out at 60 minutes by default. You can disable session timeouts or change the length of time the session is idle before the user is logged out.

The authentication token expires at 1440 minutes (24 hours) by default. You can change the length of time the authentication token is available.

The authentication token refreshes every 30 minutes by default. You can change the refresh time.

To enable SSL, select the check box, and browse for a certificate. The default port is 9443.


	NOTE: The certificate must be installed in the Personal or My store on the local computer.

Use the buttons to view information about the SSL binding and the selected certificate.

Table 1. Web Server Configuration options
Option	Description
View HTTP Binding	Opens the SSL Certificate Binding window.
View Certificate	Opens the Certificate dialog where you can view details about the certificate and the certificate path.
Clear Certificate	Clears the certificate from the Certificate box.

Click Apply or OK.


	NOTE: When you click OK, the ports are checked to see if they are in use. For example, if the server is running a web server such as IIS, and you enter server port 80, you will receive an error because IIS is already using port 80.

Opening the Web Console

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In the Active Administrator Console, click Web Console.

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Open a web browser.

In the address box, enter the fully qualified domain name of the computer on which Active Administrator® is installed, followed by a colon and the port used by the web service.

For example, if the domain name is contoso.com, and the name of the computer running Active Administrator is AA-server, you would enter http://aa-server.contoso.com:8080.

The first time you open the Web Console, enter the username and password of an account with administrative rights on the domain where Active Administrator is installed, and click Log in.

The Active Administrator dashboard opens. See Using the Active Administrator dashboard.