Using the Web Administration Interface
You can monitor and administrate the SAP Web Dispatcher using the browser.
You do not need the SAP GUI to access the Web administration interface, and you do not have to be logged on to the computer on which the Web dispatcher is running.
You can also monitor and manage the SAP Web Dispatcher and using command line programs.
To manage the Web Dispatcher from the browser, the Web administration interface must be set up.
If the Web Dispatcher was installed using SAPInst, the Web administration interface is already set up. If you click on the Web Dispatcher from the MMC, you have to identify yourself. If you install it using SAPInst, Web administration user webadm is created by default. The password is the master password assigned in the installation.
SAP recommends you change the password after the installation. You do this in the Area Menu under Admin Handler.
Enter the URL http(s)://host:admin_port/sap/admin in the browser. Here the host is the computer on which the Web dispatcher or ICM is running and admin_port is the administration port configured with icm/HTTP/admin_<xx>.
For security reasons you should use HTTPS for the administration. If you use HTTP the administrator passwords are transferred unencrypted and can therefore be listened to. It is best to work with client certificates.
When you have logged on, the administration and monitoring interface appears. The only difference in this area between the administration interfaces for the ICM and Web Dispatcher are the headings.
Web Administration Interface: Initial Screen
On the left is the menu for the individual areas, on the right is the detail area.
X.509 Certificate
You can access the Web administration interface using the client certificate.