About Working with Sites

SkylineGlobe Server supports the hosting of multiple virtual servers ("sites") on a single server. These virtual sites provide complete separation between customer layers and allow management and administration of the sites by the customer’s admin users. Each site is distinct and separate, with its own data sources, layers, groups/users, settings, aliases, TerraExplorer Fusion configurations, statistics, site administrator, etc.

Site Administrators can perform SGS management and configuration activities for their own site, while Super Administrators can log in to SGS Manager to any of the server’s sites to perform SGS management and configuration activities, including management of all the server’s data sources, layers, groups/users, settings, and cross-site operations, e.g., setting cross-site aliases and permissions. The required site must be selected before performing the management activities for the specific site. See "Managing a Site in SGS Manager" in this chapter for information.

General site management, i.e., addition, deletion and editing properties of a server’s sites is performed from the SGS Manager Sites page, only by Super Administrators. The Sites page is not displayed for other users. See "Adding Users and Setting User Properties" in the "Managing Users" chapter for information.

Adding Sites

Upon creating a new site, a new data source, group, and default site administrator user are also automatically created for this site. Any new site inherits the layer categories assigned to the default site. See "Using Layer Categories" in the "Working with Layers" chapter for more information.

To add a new site:

1.      From the SkylineGlobe Server Manager menu, select Sites. The Sites page is displayed.

2.      Click Add New Site. The Add Site panel is displayed.

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Add Site Dialog

3.      Enter the following information:

Field

Description

Name

Site name.

Note:   The name of a site cannot include a reserved name, e.g., "b3dm", "telayers", "telayersparent".

Description

Free text description of the site.

Status

Select if the site should be currently active.

Note:   A site cannot be set to inactive if the currently logged-in user belongs to this site.

Expiration Date

Expiration date of site.

Note:   A site cannot be set to expired if the currently logged-in user belongs to this group.

Default Site

Switch this option on to set this site as the server’s default site, i.e. the site that clients connect to when the public URL is used without specifying a site. E.g., the URL https://<HostName> will open https://<HostName>/MyDefaultSite.

Note:   This setting overrides any previous sites selected as the default.

TerraExplorer Fusion Plus

Switch this option on to set to set TerraExplorer Fusion Plus as the version of TerraExplorer Fusion that should run when opening a project saved to this site. TerraExplorer Fusion Plus offers greater functionality over TerraExplorer Viewer, the basic Fusion application, including additional analysis tools, ability to load layers from SGS, and publish content to SGS.

Allow Public Projects

Switch this option on to allow the site to host public TerraExplorer projects that can be opened in TerraExplorer Fusion without counting toward the site’s concurrent user limit. This option is available only if the site’s license includes the Public Project feature. To make a specific project public, you must also set that project as a Public Project. See “Setting a TerraExplorer Project Layer as Public” in the “Working with Layers” chapter for more information.

Limitations

Limit Sessions

Switch this option on to set a limit on the number of concurrent clients for this site.

Max Sessions

Max sessions for this site. The number entered must be lower than the "Max Active Sessions" set for the server (defined in each SGS license).

Limit Storage

Switch this option on to set a limit on storage for this site.

Max Storage

Max storage for this site. The number entered must be lower than the server’s Max Storage defined in the SGS license.

4.      Click Save. Upon creating a new site, a new data source, group, and default site administrator user are also automatically created for this site. A default user name and password are created automatically for the default site administrator based on the site name, as follows: "[SiteName]SiteAdmin". For example, if the site name is "SiteOne", the default user name and password created are "SiteOneSiteAdmin". The password should be changed in the User Properties dialog after logging in for the first time. See "Logging In" in the "Getting Started" chapter and "Adding Users and Setting User Properties" in the "Managing Users" chapter for information.

Searching for Sites

To search for a site whose property information contains a specific string (e.g., Description, Public URL), do the following:

1.      From the SkylineGlobe Server Manager menu, select Sites. The Sites page is displayed.

2.      In the Search field, type a search string or enter an attribute, condition, and value and click Search. The autosuggest feature will suggest relevant options as you type. Click the required option. The Sites list is filtered based on your search criteria.

Editing Sites

To edit site properties:

1.      From the SkylineGlobe Server Manager menu, select Sites. The Sites page is displayed.

2.      Right-click the site you want to edit, and select Properties. The Update Site panel is displayed.

3.      Modify the properties as required. See "Adding Sites" in this chapter for information.

4.      Click Update.

Deleting Sites

To delete a site:

1.      From the SkylineGlobe Server Manager menu, select Sites. The Sites page is displayed.

2.      Right-click the site you want to delete, and select Delete. A warning message is displayed advising you that deleting the site will permanently remove all associated groups and users. Click Delete if you want to delete the site.

Note:       The default site and the site currently being managed cannot be deleted.

Managing a Site in SGS Manager

Super administrators can open a server’s public URL without specifying a site, i.e., https://<HostName>, and then select a site to manage in SGS Manager.

To select the site to manage in SGS Manager:

1.      From the SkylineGlobe Server Manager menu, select Sites. The Sites page is displayed.

2.      Right-click the site you want to manage, and select Manage This Site. This site's information is displayed in SGS Manager.

§  You can also append the site name to the server’s public URL, i.e. https://<HostName>/<SiteName>. SGS Manager directly opens showing the specific site’s information in SGS Manager.

Logging In to a Specific Site from TerraExplorer Desktop

To log in to a specific SGS site:

§  Enter the server’s public URL with the site name appended, i.e., https://<HostName>/<SiteName>. If no site is specified, TerraExplorer connects to the default server site.

Logging In to a Specific Site from TerraExplorer Fusion

To log in to a specific SGS site:

1.      Open TerraExplorer Fusion and click the Log in link .

2.      Type the server’s public URL with the site name appended, i.e., https://<HostName>/<SiteName>.

3.      Click Next and then type your user name and password or sign in using one of the available identity providers. See "Log In to SGS" in the "Using TerraExplorer Fusion" chapter for more information.