This section describes using the web-based PMDF-XGS configuration utility. A command line variant, pmdf configure xgs, is also available for sites for whom web configuration is not convenient. The web-based configuration utility can be used to generate an initial PMDF-XGS configuration, or it can be used to generate a new configuration of an existing PMDF-XGS installation.

Using Netscape (version 3.0 or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4.0 or later), with JavaScript enabled, connect to

http://localhost:7633/

where localhost is the TCP/IP name of your PMDF system---you should see a page such as shown in Figure 5-3---and then select the Configuration Utilities link; at this point you should see a page such as shown in Figure 5-4.

If your last use of the web-based PMDF configuration utility was to configure PMDF-MTA and your PMDF-MTA configuration has not been manually modified since then, you can load your prior PMDF-MTA configuration session before beginning your PMDF-XGS configuration; or if you want to redo your PMDF-MTA configuration, you can start by doing so now; either will minimize the number of checklist tasks you will later need to perform. Otherwise, you can configure just PMDF-XGS during this configuration sessions (and then perform checklist tasks to integrate your PMDF-XGS configuration into your main PMDF-MTA configuration).

Click on the Configure button for PMDF-XGS to begin the configuration.