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CiscoWorks Common Services Overview

CiscoWorks Common Services is a suite of technologies that you can add to the CiscoWorks2000 Server. With these technologies you can run specialized client applications from the same desktop environment as you run the CiscoWorks applications. CiscoWorks Common Services can also be run as a standalone server. When you install CiscoWorks Common Services as a standalone server, however, you cannot use CiscoWorks Common Services to run CiscoWorks applications.

Additionally, CiscoWorks Common Services provides management of user roles and privileges, allowing you to control who gets access to the applications and even specific features within the applications. The roles and privileges are controlled by built-in authentication and authorization services. You can also use an external authentication server to set up and enforce customized roles and privileges.

Finally, CiscoWorks Common Services provides data storage and management for the client applications.

Logging in to CiscoWorks Common Services

You can log in to CiscoWorks Common Services from the server or from a client system. In both cases, you access CiscoWorks Common Services through the web browser.

Note   When you log in to CiscoWorks Common Services for the first time, use "admin" as the user name. If you did not change the default admin account password during installation, use "admin" as the password. If you changed the password, use the admin account password that you specified during installation.

To log in to CiscoWorks Common Services, follow these steps:

Step 1   Point your web browser to http:// server_name:1741, where server_name is the host name or IP address of the CiscoWorks Common Services server.

If you are logging into CiscoWorks Common Services from a remote computer for the first time, you may be prompted to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If you are, click Yes. Accept all default settings in the JRE installation wizard.

Tip If logging in from a client system, you can bookmark the URL.

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Note   If logging in from the server, you can select Start > Programs > CiscoWorks2000 > CiscoWorks 2000 from the Windows taskbar.

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Step 2   Enter your username in the Name field.

Step 3   Enter your password in the Password field.

Step 4   Click Connect or press Enter.

The CiscoWorks Common Services desktop appears.

The VPN/Security Management Solution Drawer

CiscoWorks Common Services and CiscoWorks Common Services client application links are located in the VPN/Security Management Solution drawer of the CiscoWorks2000 Server interface. The VPN/Security Manager drawer has the following folder structure:

• Management Center—A folder shared by all management centers. This folder appears only when one or more management centers are installed. The links in this folder start the selected management center application.
  
  
• Monitoring Center—A folder shared by all monitoring centers. This folder appears only when one or more monitoring centers are installed. The links in this folder start the selected monitoring center application.
  
  
• Administration—Organizes the following administrative folders and tasks:
  
  
• • Management Center—This folder is shared across management center applications. It appears only when one or more management centers are installed. The links in this folder start either the selected management center or the administration page for the selected management center, depending on how the management center is configured.
    
    
  • Monitoring Center—This folder is shared across monitoring center applications. It appears only when one or more monitoring centers are installed. The links in this folder start either the selected monitoring center or the administration page for the selected monitoring center, depending on how the monitoring center is configured.
    
    
  • Common Services—This folder is installed by CiscoWorks Common Services. It contains links to the CiscoWorks Common Services pages for viewing and updating licensing information; compacting, backing up, and restoring the database; and setting administrative preferences.
    
    
  • Configuration—This folder is installed by CiscoWorks Common Services. It contains links to the CiscoWorks Common Services pages for database checkpoint settings, authentication server settings, SSL certificate settings, and database credentials settings.
    
    
  • Logging—This folder is installed by CiscoWorks Common Services. It contains links to the CiscoWorks Common Services log pages.
    
    
  • Edit User—This task starts the CiscoWorks2000 Server edit user page or the ACS login page, depending on the authentication method used by CiscoWorks Common Services.
    
    

Other folders and tasks may be installed in the VPN/Security Management Solution drawer by different CiscoWorks Common Services client applications.

About User Roles and Privileges

In CiscoWorks Common Services, each user is assigned a role. A role is nothing more than a set of privileges. Privileges define the applications, features, and actions that a CiscoWorks Common Services user can access and use. If a user does not have privileges for a specific item in CiscoWorks Common Services or a client application, the user either will not be able to run the feature or will not be able to see the option in the interface.

Table 1-1 shows the CiscoWorks Common Services applications and utilities, and the roles that contain the privileges to see and use them.

Each client application has its own set of privileges assigned to the roles. Those privileges provide or restrict access to the application features. Refer to the client application documentation for information about the privileges the client application assigns to each role.