WEBDEV Concepts

222 Part 8: Hosting WEBDEV sites WEBDEV administrator in practice 1 Overview The WEBDEV administrator is a module used to manage dynamic WEBDEV sites (Session or AWP). When developing a dynamic WEBDEV site (in Session or AWP mode), the administrator is mainly used to: • test the site via the test page. • define the test site connection settings: timeout, etc. • delete the current test connections. • change the Web server used for tests. • perform a diagnosis if a problem occurs when starting a WEBDEV site. • ... In deployment, two types of WEBDEV administrators are available: • the WEBDEV Deployment administrator that allows the hosting provider to manage the dynamic WEBDEV sites installed on a Web server. • the remote WEBDEV administrator that allows the site manager to manage their dynamic WEBDEV sites remotely from any computer. This chapter presents only the administrator for WEBDEV Development version. For more details about deployment tools, see the corresponding help pages. Starting the WEBDEV administrator To start the WEBDEV Development administrator: • fromWEBDEV Development version: on the "Tools" tab, in the "Web utilities" group, click "WDAdmin". • select "Programs .. WEBDEV 2025 .. WEBDEV administrator" from the "Start" menu. The WEBDEV administrator is automatically started during the first test of the site. The administrator can then be left running in the background. By default, the WEBDEV administrator allows ten simultaneous connections to the same dynamic WEBDEV site (GO icon). 2 WEBDEV administrator interface The WEBDEV administrator includes a window containing several tabs: • "Connections" tab. • "Sites" tab and "Webservices" tab. • "WebSockets" tab. • "Configuration" tab. • "Advanced" tab. • "Setups" tab. • "Logs" tab. 2.1 Characteristics of current connections The "Connections" tab gives various information about the current connections. This information can be consulted at any time on the server.The following information is displayed in the "Connections" tab: • the number of current connections indicates the total number of connections to the dynamic WEBDEV sites managed by the administrator. • the table of current connections indicates for each connection: • the connection identifier, • the site affected by the connection, • the identity of the connected client. At runtime, the client is identified by IP address or Internet address, • the current connection time, • the idle time of the connection. • the Automatic refresh option is used to automatically refresh the table presenting the current connections. The "Connections" tab also allows you to: • Test the sites installed on the computer: Select the site in the drop-down list box and click "Run the test". This mode is used test the options specific to the management of cookies on the development computer. • Stop a current connection: Select one of the connections and click "Disconnect". • Stop all current connections and close the administrator: click "Disconnect all".