When you first log in to Admin Center, the
Toolbox contains the Server Config and Explore tools and a bookmark to
WASdev.net. The Toolbox also has the Deploy tool if the server hosting Admin Center is a collective controller. You can edit the
Toolbox contents by adding tools from the Tool Catalog or by adding bookmarks. A tool
is a web application that performs a particular task and is typically provided by the product. A
bookmark is a user-added link to any site. You can further customize your Toolbox by
rearranging icons, filtering Toolbox contents, or editing preferences.
About this task
Select tools, bookmarks, and menu choices in the Toolbox to use Admin Center. The Toolbox offers the following options:
Procedure
- To work with an existing tool or to open a browser on a bookmarked URL, select the icon for the
tool or bookmark.
- Add tools.
- Select .
- Select
on the tool to add.
- Confirm that you want to add the tool.
- Select
to return to the Toolbox.
After you add a tool, use the Toolbox to first launch the tool. To directly
launch the tool at a later time, you can use the URL that is shown in the browser when viewing the
tool.
- Remove tools.
- Select
.
- Select
on the tool to remove.
- Confirm that you want to remove the tool.
- Select
to return to the Toolbox.
- Add or remove bookmarks.
- Select .
- Enter the bookmark name and URL, and then select Add to add the bookmark
to your Toolbox. To later remove the bookmark, select the bookmark and then
.
- Select
to return to the Toolbox.
Rearrange tool and bookmark icons. - Select
.
- Drag and drop the icons into the order that you prefer.
- Select
to return to the Toolbox.
- Filter toolbox contents.
- Select
.
- Type the tool or bookmark name in the text field. Filtered search results are shown if the characters typed match the names of Toolbox
contents.
- After searching, select
to close the text field.
- Edit your preferences.
- Select .
- For Enable bidirectional support, specify whether text displays left to
right, the default, or displays right to left. Select Contextual for the
first typed character to determine the direction. When the first character is in a language such as
Arabic or Hebrew, control orientation and typing direction become right to left, with right
alignment for text.
- Select
to return to the Toolbox.
Uninstall an Admin Center tool. By default, the Toolbox contains Admin Center tools
such as the Explore tool and, if the server hosting Admin Center is a collective controller, the Deploy tool. You
can use the feature manager to uninstall Admin Center
tools to fully customize your Toolbox. Run the uninstall command for
featureManager. For example, if you use DevOps you might want to uninstall the
Deploy tool. To do so, run:
wlp/bin/featureManager uninstall com.ibm.websphere.appserver.adminCenter.tool.deploy-1.0
Admin Center tools use the
com.ibm.websphere.appserver.adminCenter.tool.* naming format:
- com.ibm.websphere.appserver.adminCenter.tool.explore-1.0.mf
- com.ibm.websphere.appserver.adminCenter.tool.deploy-1.0
What to do next
Your selections are saved for the user name that was specified when logging in. If you later log
in under the same user name, the Toolbox shows the same tool, bookmark, and preference selections as
when you last logged out. If you log in under a different user name, the Toolbox shows the
selections for that other user name.