Web Console Installation
To enable the Web Console you must install the Web Console Server on the same computer as the adTempus server. This can be done from the Installation tab in the adTempus Setup Navigator.
Installing the Web Console Server on a computer provides access to all instances of the adTempus Server on that computer.
Prior to version 6, the Web Console needed to be installed on a computer running Microsoft IIS, and could be used to connect to adTempus instances on different computers. Beginning with version 6, the Web Console is a self-contained Web server that does not require you to install or manage Microsoft IIS. It allows connections only to the adTempus, so users will be pointing their browser to the same computer where adTempus is installed.
The Web Console is backward-compatible and is installed independently of the adTempus Server software. Therefore you can install the Web Console Server on a computer running an older version of adTempus and use the Web Console with that older version.
.NET Runtime
The Web Console Server requires the .NET 10ASP.NET Core runtime. This is not included with the installer and must be downloaded from Microsoft. Note that if you have a version earlier or later than 10 already installed, you still need to install version 10
Configuration
Port Selection
By default the Web Console will use ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), which are the default ports for Web sites. If you are not running a Web server on the adTempus computer, that configuration generally will work, and doesn't require users to include port numbers in their URLs.
If there is already a Web server running on the computer using those default ports, you must select different port numbers that do not conflict with the default Web server. We recommend trying ports 8080 (HTTP) and 8443 (HTTPS).
Firewall
For users to connect from remote computers, traffic to the selected ports must be allowed through the firewall. Setup can configure the Windows Firewall automatically; if you are using different firewall software you will need to configure this yourself.
Security
The Web Console supports either insecure (HTTP) or secure (HTTPS) connections. We recommend enabling secure (HTTPS) support, which requires a TLS certificate for the server. Two options are available during installation:
- Generate a self-signed certificate. Setup will create a certificate for you. However, this certificate will not be trusted by users' browsers, and they will need to accept the certificate in order to connect.
- Use an existing certificate already installed on the computer. Use this option if you have generated a valid certificate using your existing certificate infrastructure. This option is preferred as the users' browsers will likely already trust it.
When you enable secure connections, all HTTP connections to the server will be redirected to HTTPS so that only secure connections are accepted.
If you do not enable secure connections, login using an explicit user ID and password is disabled by default; logins using integrated Windows security still work.
Authentication
The Web Console supports both automatic (Windows integrated) login and explicit (adTempus user ID and password) logins. For integrated security to work, the user's browser may require configuration as described in Browser Configuration.