Admin UI

The web-based interface for managing, monitoring, and interacting with Connectware.

The Admin User Interface (Admin UI) is the central web-based management console for interacting with your Connectware deployment. It provides a unified platform for configuring, monitoring, and managing all aspects of the system.

While administrators can use the Admin UI to manage users, configure services, and register clients, other users also benefit from role-specific capabilities.

For example, depending on assigned roles and permissions:

• Engineers can deploy or update service commissioning files to define data flows and resource configurations.

• Operators can monitor live production data using tools like the Data Explorer and view system status metrics.

• IT and security personnel can review logs.

Role-based access control ensures that each user only sees the features and settings relevant to their responsibilities, maintaining both usability and security.

Additionally, all Admin UI functions are also accessible via REST APIs, allowing seamless integration into enterprise systems and automation pipelines.

Logging Into the Admin UI

1. Open your browser and enter the IP address of your host (https://<HOST-IP>).

1. Enter your Username and Password. When setting up Connectware initially, you can use the default admin user to log in.

2. Click Sign in.

Now you can explore Connectware.

Finding Your Way Around

The navigation panel groups the Admin UI into the following areas. Which areas you see depends on your permissions.

Area	What you find there
Data	The Data Explorer for browsing the MQTT topic tree and monitoring live data.
Services	The service views for installing and managing services, inspecting resources such as connections, endpoints, and mappings, reviewing deviations and service logs, and testing rules in the Rule Sandbox.
User	User Management for users, roles, and permissions, the Client Registry, and the Certificates view.
System	The System Status views: container status, Internet connectivity, metrics, agents, license, and system information.

Next Steps

• Change the password of the default admin user before doing anything else in a production environment.

• Create users and roles so that every person works with their own account and permissions.

• Strengthen login security with Multi-Factor Authentication or Single Sign-On (SSO).

• Install a sample service and watch live machine data arrive in Connect Your First Machine.

• Automate anything you can do in the Admin UI through the REST APIs.