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30               
31               Wed Oct 23 2013
32               
33               What is webadmin?
34               =================
35               Pegasus webadmin interface provides a limited edition of administering the
36               cimserver through web. Currently, modification of cimserver config options
37               viewing the Providers registered and subscriptions view are supported. In
38               future, management of subscriptions and provider management will be added.
39               In OpenPegasus 2.14, Webadmin is still in a experimental vesrion and will
40               be improved in the future.
41               
42               How to build pegasus for using webadmin?
43 karl  1.2.2.2 ========================================
44               Building source files for webadmin will need to build for both CIM-RS and
45               webadmin. CIM-RS is built as an integral part of server(not controlled by
46               by build macros) and webadmin i controlled by PEGASUS_ENABLE_PROTOCOL_WEB,
47               which is 'true by default'.
48               To disable it set PEGASUS_ENABLE_PROTOCOL_WEB=false.
49               
50               What is relation between Webadmin and CIM-RS?
51               =============================================
52               webadmin interface's backbone is CIM-RS details at [1] and webserver facility
53               built on pegasus. CIM-RS accepts/yields payloads represented as JSON[2]. The 
54               response in JSON can be consumed by webserver easily, for example through 
55               javascripti, for displaying as a webpage.
56               
57               How do I bring up the webadmin?
58               ===============================
59               Enter the your local host name along with port number in the address bar of a
60               browser. For example, if your hostname is localhost.localdomain. Just type in
61               localhost.localdomain:5988. 
62               
63               Which ports do CIM-RS aand webadmin use?
64 karl  1.2.2.2 ==================
65               Webadmin and CIM-RS currently uses the DMTF's CIMOM ports i.e 5988(http) and
66               5989(https). This port will be updated with dedicated port for CIM-RS when
67               available.
68               
69               Is there any security concerns for webadmin?
70               =================================================
71               In order to avoid modifying the server config options by any users, pegasus 
72               should be started with 'enableAuthentication=true' which forces users to login
73               for the webadmin.
74               and in order to restrict to particular groups, 'authorizedUserGroups' should be
75               set to the groups, whose members should be allowed to modify the config
76               options.
77               EnableAuthentication and authorizedUserGroups details can be found in manpage 
78               of cimconfig(8)
79               
80               
81               References:
82               ===========
83               1 http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0210_1.0.0.pdf
84               2 http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0211_1.0.0.pdf