WebAdmin Overview

AXIGEN WebAdmin is the recommended administration tool for AXIGEN. While alternative methods are provided (Command Line Interface, text-editable configuration file), WebAdmin is the most intuitive and user-friendly tool. WebAdmin is a web-based configuration interface, tested for Mozilla and Internet Explorer, which gives you access to all configuration parameters for all services in AXIGEN Mail Server. Functionally, it is considered an AXIGEN service, and it can be started and stopped at any time.

WebAdmin is enabled by default in the latest versions of AXIGEN Mail Server, and can be accessed by default on the 127.0.0.1:9000 address. For information on how to set the WebAdmin interface and set the WebAdmin admin password using the AXIGEN Configuration Wizard, see the corresponding section of the online documentation.

The current chapter Configuring AXIGEN using WebAdmin is dedicated to configuration options provided in WebAdmin, acting as a complete Administration Guide for AXIGEN Mail Server. It provides information on the configuration of all parameters included in the respective tabs.

WebAdmin Features

The WebAdmin service, offers a wide range of functionalities which make it extremely configurable and secure.

Thread Management

AXIGEN can run on a large variety of systems and machines, in networks with very different traffic loads, structures, domain configurations, user rights, authorization procedures, etc. Depending on your specific network specifications and conditions, you can adapt the workload to the server's processing power, in order to prevent a system overload or to improve server performance by setting different numbers of processing threads for the WebAdmin service, depending on your traffic load. First, system administrators need to set a number of threads to be allotted when the WebAdmin service is started. To efficiently manage peak periods, a corresponding number of threads is allotted for overloads caused by high traffic.

For information on how to configure connection thread control parameters for WebAdmin, see WebAdmin Thread Management.

Log Control

Just like all the other AXIGEN main services, the WebAdmin module can log different types of events. The system administrator can specify what events are logged, where and how they are logged.
See Logging service for more details on logging in AXIGEN.
For information on how to configure log control parameters for WebAdmin, see WebAdmin Log Control.

WebAdmin Flow Control

In WebAdmin, to efficiently manage the traffic flow, you can allow a maximum number of simultaneous connection, a maximum number of connection from a distinct remote IP, and further fine tune your options by limiting the number of total connections or connection from a certain IP in a given time frame.

For information on how to configure flow control parameters for WebAdmin, see WebAdmin Flow Control.

HTTP Protocol Options for WebAdmin

WebAdmin allows you to set HTTP limits for any request made to the WebAdmin service. This prevents you from automatically accepting excessive amounts of data (HTTP headers, HTTP body and upload data).

For information on how to configure HTTP limits for WebAdmin, see WebAdmin HTTP Protocol Options.

Session Options for WebAdmin

In WebAdmin, you can impose time limits on sessions, either active or idle. By doing this, you can better manage security and resource related issues.
For information on how to configure connection and session control parameters for WebAdmin, see WebAdmin Session Options.

Working with WebAdmin

WebAdmin has several tabs, listed on the left hand side, each of them corresponding either to a certain section (Global Settings, Domain &Accounts, Administrative Rights, etc). Sections can be expanded - to see the tabs they contain - and retracted by clicking the section name.


When first logged in, the Overview page displays a server summary (containing version, permission, running services and antivirus/antispam information). It also displays a list of Quick Links for some of the most commonly used configuration pages, grouped under three main sections: Domain & Accounts, Server Maintenance and Services & Security.

Below are described some basic principles you should keep in mind while working with AXIGEN WebAdmin.

Saving the Configuration in WebAdmin

After changing any parameter value in WebAdmin, you need to save the new values in the configuration files. In order to do this, you need to press the Save Configuration button available on all tabs, pages and sub-pages where needed. In the example below, a random password set for a user account is being saved.

Confirmation / Error Messages

After each command issued, you should check the confirmation message displayed in the upper section of the page. In the example below, parameters of an account have been changed successfully.


In the following example, an account creation operation has failed and you are informed on this status both in the upper section of the WebAdmin page:

Displaying/Hiding the Contextual Help

Starting with version 5.0, the WebAdmin Interface implements a Contextual Help feature, which guides system administrators through their daily actions by explaining all the available options and parameters. Contextual Help is activated by default and displayed in the right hand side of each page.


To close the Contextual Help window, hit the question mark button as shown in the above screenshot. Once deactivated, you can open it again by hitting the same button, as shown below:

See subsections of current page for more details:

Configuring Global Settings
Managing AXIGEN Services
Domains and Accounts
Security & Filtering
Queue
Status & Monitoring
Logging
Backup and Restore Tab
Automatic Migration Tab
Clustering Section
Administration Rights Section
TCP Listeners and Control Rules