Chapter 2. Accessing the Management Console

Abstract

You use a Web browser to access the Fuse Management Console. Before you access the management console, you must set up a user name and password and start the Karaf console. If you want to manage fabric properties, you create a fabric from the Karaf console.

Overview

The Fuse Management Console is available by default when you install Red Hat JBoss Fuse. After you start the Karaf console, you can use the default URL to access the console locally or a custom URL to connect to a remote host.

Prerequisites

Before you access the management console, you must configure user credentials and start JBoss Fuse and configure user credentials.
Note
If you use JBoss Fuse on OpenShift, you can skip this task and access the management console directly with the JBoss Fuse application URL after you deploy the JBoss Fuse cartridge. For more information about how to get started with JBoss Fuse on OpenShift, see Cloud Computing with Fabric.
To configure user credentials and start JBoss Fuse:
  1. In the command line, navigate to the directory in which you installed JBoss Fuse and run the following command: 
    ./fuse
    The Karaf console starts and shows version information, the default management console URL, and a list of common commands.
  2. If no user exists for JBoss Fuse, run the esb:create-admin-user command to create a user. You can also define the user name and password directly in the users.properties file. For more information, see the Red Hat JBoss Fuse Installation Guide.

Accessing the Management Console

You access the Fuse Management Console from a Web browser. For a list of supported browsers, see access.redhat.com.
To access the management console:
  1. In a Web browser, enter the URL to connect to the management console in the following format: 
    http://<host_name>:<port_number>
    For example, use the following default URL to connect to the management console locally: 
    http://localhost:8181
    Note
    You can configure the pax-web property to support HTTPS connections for a specific container.
  2. In the login page, enter the user name and password and click Log In.
    If you created or joined a fabric, the management console opens to the Fabric perspective. Otherwise, only the Container perspective is available. By default, the management console shows the Welcome page. You can choose to hide the Welcome page at the bottom of the page.