Controlling Access To Traffic Manager; Setting The Administrator Id And Password; To Change The Administrator Id And Password - HP P4535A - Web Cache Server Appliance Administrator's Manual

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6. Open the
records.config
7. Edit the following variable:
Variable
proxy.config.arm.security_enabled
NOTE
8. Save and close the
9. Restart Traffic Server.

Controlling access to Traffic Manager

You can restrict access to Traffic Manager to ensure that only authenticated users can change Traffic Server
configuration options and view performance and network traffic statistics. You can:
The administrator ID and password are set by default at installation to both be admin. You can set a new
administrator ID and password as shown below. A user that logs in to Traffic Manager with the
administrator ID has access to all Traffic Manager activities. (See 'Setting the administrator ID and
password," below.)
Create and maintain a list of administrator accounts that determines who can log into Traffic Manager and
which activities they can perform. (See
Create an access control list of IP addresses that defines which machines can access Traffic Manager. (See
Controlling host access to Traffic Manager‚ on page
Use SSL for secure administration (see

Setting the administrator ID and password

During the initial web cache appliance configuration an Administrator ID (
were created that control access to Traffic Manager. A user that logs on to Traffic Manager using the correct
ID and password can view all the statistics on the Monitor tab and change any configuration options on the
Configure tab.
You can change the administrator ID and password at any time.

To change the administrator ID and password:

1. Access Traffic Manager from your browser (refer to
2. On the Configure tab, click the Security button.
file located in Traffic Server's
Description
Set this variable to 1 to enable ARM security.
To disable the ARM security option, set the
to 0 (zero).
file.
records.config
Creating a list of administrator accounts‚ on page
Using SSL for secure administration‚ on page
directory with Vi.
config
proxy.config.arm.security_enabled
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admin
Accessing Traffic Manager‚ on page
Security Options
variable
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admin
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