Working with AD360

This section discusses the following topics:

• Starting AD360
• Accessing AD360 client
• Stopping AD360

Starting AD360

To start AD360, double-click the AD360 shortcut icon placed in the desktop. It can also be started from the Start Menu as shown below:

• Go to Start → All Programs → AD360 → Start AD360

This will open AD360 client in your default web browser.

Running AD360 as a Service

If you have installed AD360 as a service, you can start AD360 as a service as shown below:

• Go to Start → Control Panel → Services → start ManageEgnine AD360 service.

Click here to learn how to install AD360 as a service.

Starting the Components

If all the components are installed on the same machine as AD360, then starting AD360 will automatically start the components as well. But if the components are installed on different machines, then you have to manually start the components before starting AD360.

• To manually start the components, just double-click the components' shortcut icons placed on the desktop or go to Start → All Programs → <Component> → Start → <Component>.

When you enter the user credentials an log in to any one of the component, you will be automatically logged in to the other components as well. There is no need for you to enter the log in details in each and every component

Accessing AD360 Client

To launch the AD360 client, open a Web browser and type http://<hostname>:8082 in the address bar. Here the <hostname< refers to the DNS name of the machine where AD360 is running and 8082 is the default port number of AD360. Specify the username and password as admin (for first time login) in the respective fields and click Login.

If you have changed the password, you should use the new password to login.

Stopping AD360

• To stop AD360 go to Start Menu → All Programs → AD360 → Stop AD360.