Getting Started

Once you have installed the application, simply point your browser to http://localhost/ona or appropriate link. You will be presented with the ONA “desktop” which should look something like this:

At the top of the desktop you will see the main bar. This is similar to task bars of many OSes. I'll describe each element from right to left:

• Logout button. Click this to log out of the system, reverting the current user to the “guest” user.
• Global help icon. Click this to be directed to the global documentation link.
• Current user/change user box. This box displays the current user and allows you to log in as a different user by clicking and providing a username and password to switch to.
• User info icon. Click this to display user details for the currently logged in user.
• System Message icon. It is not currently shown but it is next to the user info icon. If it is visible, it indicates a system message is available. Click to view the message(s).
• The next section, up to the small vertical line, is the task bar. It currently has two windows displayed in it. They are “Advanced Search” which is minimized, and “Search Results” which is active, as indicated by the lightning bolt on the icon.
• The advanced search icon. Click this to bring up the advanced search dialog.
• The green arrow icon. This is simply the execute quick search button.
• Quick search input box. You can type in quick searches here. It will search for MAC addresses, DNS names, IP addresses etc. You will see updated hints selected from the database as you type in this field.
• The start button. This is the main menu of options. Clicking here will bring up further tasks to perform.

The section immediately below the desktop bar is called the trace bar. It keeps a breadcrumb trail of where you have navigated within the system. Since this is an AJAX interface and the URL does not change as you navigate, you will be unable to click the browsers back button. The trace bar serves as an enhanced replacement for the back button. If you click the word “Trace:” it will clear the trace bar in the event it gets too long to deal with.

The section immediately below the trace bar is called the workspace. It starts out showing basic information about the system.

• Record counts simply gives a running total of the various types of records.
• The center section gives a list of common tasks to start with.
• The last section provides information about help documentation as well as the status of your version against the current released version.

• To make any changes to data you will need to first log in as “admin” with a password of “admin”.
• You can then define new users as required
• As suggested in the center section, the first task you should perform is adding any additional DNS domains you have. A DNS domain is required for adding any hosts to the system. An initial default DNS domain should have been configured during the install procedure so you have at least one in the system at the start.
• In order to add any hosts to the system you must create subnets to place hosts into.
• Now that you have at least one subnet and DNS domain, you can now start creating hosts and interfaces.