Your First Server
From GWAVA4
This section covers the initial setup of GWAVA 4, and how to add your first MTA, POA, or GWIA scanner.
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Connecting to the GWAVA 4 manager
Begin by opening your web browser and by connecting to your GWAVA 4 manager (referred to as GWAVAMAN)
By default, GWAVAMAN receives connections at http://server_ip_address:49282. If you have turned on SSL (Securing your GWAVA Server (SSL)), you may need to specify another URL.
Select This is a first time installation. Then, click CONTINUE.
The next screen requires the following fields to be entered:
Server Parameters
- Server identifying Name - Unique and identifiable entries for the server name are recommended for the convenience of administration. Internally GWAVA 4 uses an automatically generated,random server ID, so identical server names will not cause a conflict. However, differentiating between the servers in the user interface is made considerably more difficult if non distinctive names are not used.
- Client Connection Address (or DNS Host Name) - This IP Address/Host Name must be accessible by other servers that are members of the GWAVA 4 system. This IP Address does NOT affect which IP Address is used for GWAVA Administration; by default the web server listens on all bound interfaces. It is recommended that a DNS Host Name always be used, to make changing IP Addresses painless.
Administration Information
- GWAVA administrator login name, GWAVA administrator password - Enter your choice of user name and password. The user name and password will be used to create the first administrator account for the GWAVA 4 system. It is recommended that you create at least one backup Administrator account later under System Management, and store the password securely. Losing all administrator account login information will require a call to Technical Support to restore the information.
- Primary e-mail domain - enter your organization's Internet domain here (e.g. mycompany.com). Additional Internet domains may be entered as needed in the main user interface.
- GWAVA administrator full name, GWAVA administrator e-mail address - these are primarily used for e-mail notifications, such as status messages, or Administrator Notifications.
The Primary E-mail domain, full name and E-mail address will be accessible from three locations in the user interface:
- The Default Settings option in the navigation area off System Management, from which subsequent servers installed will inherit these settings. See Default Settings for the Network. Changing settings, affects only servers installed afterwards.
- Your server that you are installing right now, under the Configure Server node. (See General Server Options). Changing settings at this level affects only server level options.
- When a new scanner (MTA, POA, etc) is created under a server, the scanner will inherit the initial settings from the parent server and henceforth allow the administrator to change the settings under the Notification tree node.
Mail Relay/Authentication
Notifications, digests, digest releases, and modified messages all must be generated and mailed by the GWAVA Relay (GWVRELAY) component. To do so, GWVRELAY needs the connection and authentication information for a chosen SMTP server. Similar to the Administration Information, you may reconfigure these settings later at a Default or Server level.
- Enter the IP address or DNS host name of your mail relay agent. This could be your GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) with relaying enabled, or an exception for the GWAVA Relay Agent IP address. Any SMTP server is fine here, as long as it will accept mail relaying from GWVRELAY. It is recommended that a DNS Host Name always be used, to make changing IP Addresses painless.
- Because a secure SMTP server generally does NOT allow open relaying, you will probably require authentication to your SMTP server. If so, you will need to enter a valid GroupWise user name and password (NOT eDirectory) in the SMTP user name and password fields. It may be useful to create a specific GroupWise account for tracking purposes; this is not however required. Make sure however, that this user name/password combination is unlikely to change in the future, or mailings by the GWAVA system may fail to be delivered.
Completing Installation
Step 3 of the Initial Setup shows an overview of the information previously entered. Review and verify that the information is correct. If it is incorrect, click the back button of your browser to change the information. If the information is correct, click the INSTALL button to continue.
After some time passes, you'll be greeted by the standard GWAVA login screen.
Click the Enter Management Console link to get to the GWAVA 4 configuration interface. Enter the administrator username and password you previously entered.
Startup Assistance
To begin preparing GWAVA 4 for use in your messaging environment, use the Startup Assistance section of the GWAVA Management Console.
This allows you to
- Create a personal/backup administration account - If you wish to create a personal account, click the link and you will be presented with a dialog to input a personal account.
- License the product.
- Create your first scanner.
This is demonstrated below:
When completed, press the Create Account button to add the user to the system.
Next, add your license information. Click the Enter License Information button.
Enter your license key and code, and submit.
Now it is time to create a scanner. Click the Run Scanner Setup Wizard link to begin configuration of your MTA,POA, or GWIA scanner. For a step-by-step guide, go to the MTA,POA, or GWIA scanner configuration section of this manual.
