Loading and Saving Your Configuration

AAA configuration files consist of one or more entries. When accessing these files through the Server Manager interface, the initial screen lists each existing entry and provides controls to open HTML forms. You can add or modify the AAA server’s configuration files by entering values in these forms. You must then submit these values to the program. The fields in the HTML forms include text boxes, drop-down lists, and other form controls. Fields with bold labels require values for a complete configuration.

Server Manager stores changes you make to the server configuration, but does not immediately save them on a remote server. When you select the Load Configuration link from the navigation tree, the interface (shown in Figure 5-6 “Server Manager’s Load Configuration Screen”) displays a prompt. You can edit the server configuration settings using this prompt. Information for the access device, proxies, local realms, users, and server properties in the loaded configuration will replace the existing information for all server configuration items.

Figure 5-6 Server Manager’s Load Configuration Screen

After you have made changes to the server configuration items, you can save the modified configuration on any server that has an active connection with the Server Manager program. When you click Save Configuration, the Server Manager interface displays a prompt (shown in Figure 5-7 “Server Manager’s Save Configuration Screen”). Using this prompt, you can select the servers on which the settings must be saved.

	CAUTION: Clicking Save saves the entire server configuration settings (access device, proxies, local realms, users, and server properties) on the specified servers.

Figure 5-7 Server Manager’s Save Configuration Screen

	NOTE: If you do not wish to save changes that have been made, you can revert to the previous settings by loading the original configuration.

A running server does not recognize configuration modifications. After the changes have been saved on a server, you have to restart the server.

	NOTE: More than one administrator cannot edit the same functional area (access device, proxies, local realms, users, server properties) of a server configuration at the same time. After you access the configuration screens for a functional area, the Server Manager does  not allow others to access that functional area until you have moved to a different item.