Setup and Administration - Pulse v1.1

Overview

pulse™ has been designed to be simple to setup up and to require little or no ongoing administration. Setup involves downloading, unpacking and running a pulse™ server, stepping through an online setup wizard to configure required details. The vast majority of administration tasks are available to users with administrative privileges via the pulse™ web interface.

Setup

For a quick guide to setting up a pulse™ server, refer to the Getting Started Guide. More thourough details of various setup tasks are provided in the following sections:

Section	Description
Obtaining Pulse Packages	How to obtain a copy of the pulse™ server.
Installation	How to unpack and install a pulse™ package.
Setup Wizard	Configuring your pulse™ server using the setup wizard.
Server Scripts	Describes scripts available to control your pulse™ server.
Server configuration file	Describes how to configure the startup settings for your pulse™ server.
Upgrading	How to upgrade from an earlier version of pulse™.
Changing the Web Application Port	Steps required to change the port the web application listens on.
License Management	Viewing and updating license information.

Administration

Users that have been granted administration privileges are able to use the "administration" section of the web interface to configure their pulse™ server. Administration tasks are divided into two sections (presented as tabs in the interface):

Section	Description
Settings	Includes all server settings, such as logging and SMTP server configuration.
Users	Used to add/remove users, and edit user details.
Groups	Used to add/remove groups and to edit group privileges and membership.