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  • Initial Operation is performed after installation of the JS7 Agent, Controller and JOC Cockpit.
  • Tasks include to register registering a Standalone Controller and Agents.

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Initial Operation

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Loging to the JOC Cockpit User Interface

  • In your browser navigate to the JOC Cockpit URL and enter the User Account and Password. Typically the URL includes the hostname and port that JOC Cockpit has been installed for:

    • For example, http://myhost:4446. Please check that the JOC Cockpit port is accessible which might include to add adding firewall rules to allow access to this port from the computer that you operate the browser foron.

    • After initial installation of JOC Cockpit the default User Account root and the Password root will be available if no changes have been made to the shiro.ini configuration file.

  • Note that the root user is assigned the all role in the default configuration that includes any all available permissions.
    See the Authentication and Authorization - Configuration article for information about the configuration of other user profiles and authentication methods.

  • Note that the JOC Cockpit web service might take a minute to start and to display the login window.

Register Controller and Agents

After successful login Adialog window appears after successful logging in to JOC Cockpit a dialog window appears. This window asks you to register a Controller. You will find the same dialog later on from using the User -> Manage Controllers/Agents menu item.

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Registering a Standalone Controller

Registering a Standalone Controller is a straightforward task:



Explanation

  • The title added specified for the Controller will be visible shown in the JS7 - Dashboard view.
  • The URL for JOC Cockpit is the hostname and port of the Controller as seen by JOC Cockpit. This URL is used by JOC Cockpit to connect to a Controller.
  • Consider Ensure that the Controller's port is accessible which : this might include to add adding firewall rules to allow access to this port from the server that JOC Cockpit is operated foron.

Register Agents

After the connection between JOC Cockpit and the Controller is established you can add Agents. To register an Agent switch to the Manage Controller/Agents view from the user menu. Click on the Controller Action Menu of the Controller for which an (the ellipsis symbol), which the Agent should be registered for and select Add Agent.

Explanation: 

  • The Agent is assigned an Agent ID which is a unique identifier for this Agent that cannot be modified during the lifetime of an Agent. Change of the Agent ID requires to remove and to add the Agent with JOC Cockpit, it is not required that the Agesnt is removed and then readded to the JOC Cockpit. It is not necessary to uninstall/reinstall an Agent.
  • The Agent Name is a unique identifier that is used for example in the JOC Cockpit Configuration view to assign Agents to jobs. The Agent Name can be modified later on.
  • In addition, you can add Agent Alias Names to make the same Agent available by different under a number of names.
  • The Agent URL includes the protocol, the hostname and port for which used to operate the Agent is operated.

Further References

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