Locations

Locations Window

The Locations window shows locations, which are specified in one of three network protocols. Locations have two purposes: they can allow or disallow clients to connect to the KeyServer, and can be used to determine group membership (which in turn can restrict license usage).

The list of Locations has two column headers: Location and Type. There are three types of locations: AppleTalk, TCP/IP, and IPX. Each type has a group header, and the value in the Type column simply corresponds to which group header a location falls under. The Location column shows the name of the protocol (for group headers), or the specification of the location. Unlike other objects (programs, licenses, etc), locations do not have a name which can be chosen separately from the options defined within them. Locations are entirely defined by a short specification (different for each protocol), so this acts as the name, as well.

The Locations window shows the filter for each location. Double-clicking on a location will open the Location Details Window, which allows you to configure whether clients can connect from the location, and which groups are associated with the location. Likewise, double-clicking on a Protocol (group header in the locations window) will open a similar window that allows you to configure similar options, for the protocol as a whole.

If a Protocol name is shown in grey (as well as any locations for the protocol), the protocol is disabled. If the protocol name is black, but all locations below it are grey, that means that clients can connect from anywhere using the protocol (The Allow Connections From All Locations checkbox in the protocol details window is checked), and the locations are ignored.

Location Details Window

The Location Details Window has a small header area and two panes - Groups and Notes. At the top of the window is a text box labeled Location. This box specifies the location, and contains a different type of value for each protocol. The value typed into this box is what appears in the Location column of the Locations Window.

• For AppleTalk locations, it must contain the name of an AppleTalk Zone. Any text can be typed into the box, and is assumed to be a valid Zone name. Examples: “Lab A”, “5th floor”.
• For TCP/IP, it must contain either a single address, a single wild-carded address, or two addresses separated by a dash. Examples: “192.168.0.5”, “192.168.0.*”, “192.168.0.5-192.168.0.10”.
• For IPX, it must contain either an address, or two addresses separated by a dash. Examples: “1”, “1-3”.

Following the location field is a checkbox labeled Allow Connections From This Location, which determines whether or not clients can connect to KeyServer from the location.

The Groups pane contains a list of groups associated with the location. When a group is associated with a location, any computer which is in the network location is part of the group. If a license is restricted to the group, then any computer in the location will be able to use the license (as a member of the group).

The Notes pane contains a single item, which is a free-form text field. You can use it for any information you want. It can only be seen here in the KeyConfigure interface.

Protocol Details Window

The Protocol Details Window has a small header area and two panes - Groups and Notes. At the top of the window is a check box labeled Enable Connections On This Protocol. If it is unchecked and greyed out, it cannot be enabled, because the platform of the computer running KeyServer does not support it. Next is a checkbox labeled Allow Connections From All Locations. If turned on, the specific locations for the protocol will be ignored when clients are logging on to the KeyServer, and will only be useful to define Groups.

The Groups pane contains a list of groups associated with the protocol. When a group is associated with a protocol, any computer which is connected using the protocol is part of the group. If a license is restricted to the group, then any computer using the protocol will be able to use the license (as a member of the group).

The Notes pane contains a single item, which is a free-form text field. You can use it for any information you want. It can only be seen here in the KeyConfigure interface.

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