Logging in to the DME server

The DME server administration interface is web-based, and you log in to the interface from a supported browser (the DME System Requirements document at the DME Resource Center.

Your DME partner who installed the DME system will provide you with a URL. Note that access to DME must be secure (must use the HTTPS protocol). A typical URL looks like the following:

https://dme.your-domain.com:8080

The :8080 part of the URL example above is the standard port number. By accessing the DME administration interface through this port, which is defined during installation of the DME server, you can be sure to be able to access the interface, even if the server is very busy. The server has set aside special resources for monitoring this port.

Please note that since DME 3.0 SP 3, you cannot access the DME administration interface using localhost or 127.0.0.1 as server address.

When you browse to the supplied URL, the following login screen is shown:

To log in to the DME server, you have to be member of either the DME_Admin or DME_Superuser group. This can be a local DME group or an LDAP/Active Directory (AD) group. For more information about user access and group memberships, please see About users.

Active Directory™ is Microsoft's trademark directory service; it is a central component of the Windows platform. Active Directory's directory service provides the means to manage the identities and relationships that make up network environments. Active Directory is an LDAP-compliant directory supporting the core LDAP specifications.

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a protocol used to access a directory and through that enable users or programs to locate people, organizations, and other resources in an Internet or intranet directory. The protocol could be used for retrieving information such as addresses, phone numbers, etc. from a corporate address book.

An LDAP directory is a hierarchical directory of names that can reflect an organization's structure or geography and that is accessed via the LDAP protocol.

Enter your user name and password, and click Login.

In a default installation, a local system user named SYSADM exists. This user is member of the local DME_Admin group. This way, it is always possible to log in, even if no connection to LDAP/AD is available.