7.7 Changing System Services Configuration (SSH, Filr, Jetty, Postfix, and the Novell File Access Middle Tier (FAMT))

System services include: SSH, Novell Filr, Jetty, Postfix, and Novell FAMT. This section describes the kinds of actions you can perform in regards to these services.

  1. Log in to the Novell appliance at https://server_url:9443, then click the Appliance Configuration icon.

  2. Click System Services.

  3. You can perform various actions for system services.

7.7.1 Starting, Stopping, or Restarting System Services

You might want to start, stop, or restart a service. For example, you can start SSH so that you can remote into the appliance without using a VMware client.

  1. Select the service that you want to start, stop, or restart.

  2. Click Action, then click Start, Stop, or Restart.

  3. Click Close to exit System Services.

7.7.2 Making System Services Automatic or Manual

  1. Select the service that you want to make automatic or manual.

  2. Click Action, then click Set as Automatic, or Set as Manual.

7.7.3 Downloading Log Files for System Services

  1. In the Log Files column of the table, click the download link for the service for which you want to view log files.

    The following files are available for each service:

    SSH: N/A

    Novell Filr: catalina.out, ssf.log, ssr.log (Filr appliance)

    The catalina.out file reports all timestamps in UTC/GMT.

    Jetty: jetty.stderrout.log (Filr, Search, and MySQL database appliances)

    Postfix: mail (Filr appliance)

    Novell FAMT: famtd.log (Filr appliance)

    Search: indexserver.out (Search appliance)

    MySQL: mysqld.log (MySQL database appliance)

  2. Click Close to exit System Services.