Using Studio to connect to servers

The Server Environment toolbar on the Admin Console perspective provides several useful options to manage and configure your Studio's connection your Local Test and remote Servers.  

Not all options apply to remote server (Single/Cluster) types.

Selecting a Server Connection

Select a server from the Server Environment drop-down menu. This menu displays all recognized servers, including the Local Test server and potentially other remote servers. Once a server is selected, additional options will appear. It's important to understand that these options apply to the server connection, and not the server itself.  For example, stopping or pausing applies to the connection, not the physical server.

Editing a Server Connection

This only applies to remote Servers.

1. Click the Edit Server button to produce a window.
2. Make required modifications and click OK.

Removing a Server Connection

This only applies to remote Servers.

1. Click the Remove Server button and confirm. This action does not uninstall the selected Server, but merely makes it unavailable to the Studio.

Starting, Suspending, Stopping a Server (Local Test and Single Server only)

Important for Clarify v6 users: A PostgreSQL Database must be installed and running before you can start the Local Test and remote servers. Please refer to the Guidelines for using your PostgreSQL Database with Clarify.

This action does not start, stop, or suspend the selected Server, but affects its connection to the Studio.

• To start a server, click the Start/Resume Server button.
• To suspend a server, click the Suspend Server button.
• To stop a server, click the Stop Server button.  This applies to local test server only.

Note: This does not apply for servers in a Cluster. Refer to related procedures in the article Stop, Suspend, and Resume the Server Cluster.

Adding a Server Connection

This only applies to remote Servers, which must be running for a connection to be established.

• Click the New Server button to identify a remote Server. A new window appears.
• Complete the Name, Address, and Admin Port. Click OK.

Note for Server Cluster: If adding a Server that is part of a Cluster, the Admin Port must be 8500.

Logging In/Out

Note: This only applies to remote Servers. Logging in and out is the means for connecting and disconnecting from that server. Two buttons are used to login and logout of a remote Server.

A valid user ID and password combination are required for server access. (By default, User ID = ebiadmin, and Password = password)

Licensing Information and Options

To see important licensing information and options for the selected server, click the View Server Information button.  Directly next to this is the Apply Server License button, which is also used to update and apply licensing changes. Please refer to Licensing help content or contact your Customer Account Representative for more information.