Topic: X winnows in SME Server 7.2

[turiyain]

Dear Experts,

I am using SME Server 7.2 first time. I have installed it. Now i am getting console user interface, after giving the login and passwd. But i want a gui base where i can Administrate the server. As it is shown in the screenshots of SME Server 7.2 Site, a GUI interface in web browser.

Please help me.

Vijay Thakur

[raem]

turiyain

As a new user I strongly suggest you read the manuals as your question and many others are covered there:
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation

To access the GUI server manager
https://yourdomain.com/server-manager

by default only accessible from the local network.
Read the manual to see what to change to make server manager accessible from other host IP's, clue Remote Management.

[idp_qbn]

Turiyain,
SME is adminsitered from another machine, using a web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer etc). That is where you get the gui interface you see in the screen shots of SME.

You need to browse to http://your-server-name-or-IP-address/server-manager and that will get you the Admin web screens. It will first ask you for a username/password....you may also get a Security Certificate error as a first response - if so, just accept the certificate.
eg If you server is "frodo" and its IP is 192.168.1.1, then the following are equivalent:
http://frodo/server-manager (this one may not work if WINS resolution has not yet happened)
http://192.168.1.1/server-manager (this one will always work

I suggest you get down to reading the manual before you try anything else - it answers 95% of you questions - and gets you into asking even more as you become more experienced and want to try adding things to SME.

Remember, when aslking questions, give as much detail as you can about what system you have (PC system, netowrk config, OS etc) and what the problem is - what you want to happen, what you have done and any error messages you have had - and extracts from the logs if you can. It all goes towards helping those who can help you.

Good luck - and keep playing.

Ian

[turiyain]

Thanks for prompt reply. But i am getting CUI by default.  Will i type given url as per my setup e.g. ipaddress of my SME machine in console.

[pfloor]

You can't access the GUI from the console.  You must do it from a client on the local network using a web browser such IE or Firefox.

[turiyain]

Oh, Thanks a lot for your reply.  Now i understood that, I can can not access the server control locally.  For this i have to access the server from other computer on the same network by IE or Mozilla web browser.

Thanks

[raem]

turiyain

Now i understood that, I can can not access the server control locally.

That's not exactly correct.
You can access a text based server manager (not GUI) directly on the server.
Login as admin, and select Access server manager

[turiyain]

Let me clear, I have logged in as root. And then on the console prompt, how will i able to access the server-manager on the console. e.g. what command will work to go to server-manager.

Really in credible, quick response.

[nakor_au]

Login as admin, and select Access server manager

[raem]

turiyain

I said
"Login as admin, and select Access server manager"

If you have logged in as root, then type
console
and select the Access server manager menu

Remember it's a text based server manager, not GUI

[turiyain]

Many Many thanks.  I am able to access the server-manager in console. But i am not able to access it from the local network. In IE, i am giving text: https://192.168.0.146/server-manager. But all in vain, this is giving error "Page does not exist."

[raem]

turiyain

I assume that 192.168.0.146 is your sme server IP ?

Try
https://yourdomain.com/server-manager

Can you open a DOS prompt on your Windows workstation and do
ping 192.168.0.146
What do you get ?

For a test can you access
http://yourdomain.com
http://192.168.0.146

What do you get with each of these (note http: not https:)

How is your server configured, server & gateway, or server only ?

Do you have a seperate router ?

[turiyain]

On the console i am able to ping 192.168.0.146. But anywhere from network, i am not able to ping sme server vice-versa.

help

[raem]

turiyain

But anywhere from network, i am not able to ping sme server vice-versa.

So you have a network setup issue if your workstations cannot ping the server.
Have your workstations been configured correctly ?
Are they using the same IP range eg if server is 192.168.0.146, then workstations should be 192.168.0.147, 192.168.0.148, 192.168.0.149 etc.
Are they members of the same workgroup ?
Is the DNS server specified as the sme server IP ?

How is your network arranged, how is your server configured (server & gateway or server only), do you have a router ?

Please read the manual for information re correct configuration of server and workstations.