Overview of the Admin Interface
With the Admin Interface, you can complete any of the following tasks:
Managing basic software configuration
Creating and configuring groups
Creating and managing databases
Creating and managing new forests
Backing up and restoring forest content
Creating and managing new web server and Java-language access paths
Creating and managing security configurations
Tuning system performance
Configuring namespaces and schemas
Checking the status of resources on your systems
The Admin Interface is implemented as a MarkLogic Server web application. By default, it runs on port 8001 of your hosts. If you have completed the basic tasks in Getting Started with MarkLogic Server, then accessing the Admin Interface requires that you enter a username and password. After you have been authenticated, you should not need to re-enter your username and password to complete any of the other tasks outlined in this guide during the current session.
Some configuration changes require the server to restart to reflect the changes. Configuration changes that do not require the server to restart to reflect the changes are defined as “hot”. In a clustered deployment, “cold” tasks will require all of the hosts in the cluster to restart their instance of MarkLogic in order to reflect the changes. In a single-server deployment, “cold” tasks will cause MarkLogic to restart in order to reflect the changes. For a list of which tasks are “hot” and which are “cold,” see Appendix A: ‘Hot’ versus ‘Cold’ Admin Tasks.