3.1 Getting Started

After you initialize the appliance, the browser automatically redirects you to the administration console at https://appliance_dns_name/appliance/index.html. If the initialization does not automatically redirect you, you can open the page manually to complete the appliance configuration.

To access the administration console:

  1. In a supported browser, enter https://appliance_dns_name/appliance/index.html.

  2. Log in as the administrator of the appliance.

    These credentials are the cluster administrator user name specified during the initialization process and its identity source user password.

IMPORTANT:The first time you log in, the appliance displays the Admin page and might display user count activity on the Users bar as users in the search contexts from the identity source are imported and activated. Ensure that this process completes before you configure any application connectors.

Before you begin any configuration tasks, you should register your appliance. For more information, see Section 3.2, Registering the Appliance.

After you register the appliance, use the icons at the top of the Admin page to access the other administration pages:

If your session times out or you log out, the next time you log in to the appliance, CloudAccess displays the page that you last accessed. Admin sessions time out by default after 10 minutes of inactivity, and this setting is not configurable. However, you can adjust the timeout setting for user sessions. For more information, see Section 11.4, Configuring User Session Timeouts.