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Chapter 3: RaQ 4 Server Management
34 Cobalt RaQ 4 User Manual
Approaches to RaQ 4 administration
As the RaQ 4 Administrator, you can decide how many of the server functions
you want to manage directly and how much to delegate.
• Full control . If you want to control all the functions on the RaQ 4, you can
create virtual sites without assigning any virtual Site Administrators. You are
responsible for managing the main site and all the virtual sites. (See
“Definition of a virtual site” on page 35.)
• Hybrid control . If you want to control some of the RaQ 4 functions and
delegate others, you can assign some of the virtual sites to virtual Site
Administrators (for the sites that have a user capable of acting as a Site
Administrator), and retain control of other virtual sites. You are responsible
for managing only the sites that do not have a Site Administrator.
• Distributed control . If you want to delegate responsibility for all the virtual
sites, you can create Site Administrators for all the virtual sites. In this case,
you are responsible for managing only server settings and virtual site
services. The Site Administrators are responsible for managing the virtual
sites.
You can manage the RaQ 4 through a Web browser. Access the Server
Management screen by typing either http://<IP address> /admin/ or
http://<hostname.domainname> /admin/ into your browser. These Web pages are
password-protected—you must enter the RaQ 4 Administrator password.
When you access the RaQ 4 Administrator site for the RaQ 4, the Server
Management screen appears (see Figure 15). This screen is used for the RaQ 4
management tasks that are performed only by the RaQ 4 Administrator:
1. Setting up and maintaining the RaQ 4.
2. Creating virtual sites.
3. Creating access privileges and providing services for the Site Administrators
and site users.
The RaQ 4 Administrator functions available on the Server Management screen
are described in the sections that follow.