Our inventory platform is already set up by now. The central OCS-NG inventory server is up and running, and agents have been deployed throughout our network. No doubt, this means that we have plenty of entries in our database. Now, we need to learn to work with the inventory, how to perform administrative tasks, and how to get the most out of each function.
This chapter, deals with the user interface of the web-based OCS-NG admin and user console. Each toolbar item will be explained, and by the end of this chapter, we will know where to find the most common functionalities. At first, we log in using the default admin user, then we change its password (if we haven't done that already), and finally we set up more users. Once this is done, we can get into best practices and administrative tasks.
In this chapter, we will get to learn about the following:
Achieve familiarity with the user interface of the web administration console
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