Enable remote administration in Serv-U

10/14/2018 9:03 PM

4/4/2019 8:06 PM

The Serv-U Management Console is a page that can be accessed inside the Serv-U server (Windows and Linux if the Linux server has a user interface) where administrators can edit, configure and change all the Serv-U settings. 

To access the management console outside the server, a System Administrator account should be configured first and then an HTTP or HTTPS listener is required so the administrator account can access the Serv-U web page with the administrator privilege.

Note: 
This feature is not available for FTP licenses, only for MFT.
If Serv-U is installed on a Linux server, remote administration through HTTP is not possible. The Serv-U administrator should either install Serv-U on a Windows server, or another Linux machine with a GUI so the management console can be accessed.

Serv-U Managed File Transfer & Serv-U FTP Server

You need to create an HTTP/HTTPS listener.
 

1. Go to Domain Details > Domain Listeners. 
2. Add a new listener.
3. Select HTTP or HTTPS. 

 

If you have not configured this, follow the steps below:
 

1. Select the user account you wish to gain administrative privileges, and select Edit.
2. In the User Information tab, change the Administrative Privilege option to Domain Administrator, Group Administrator, System Administrator, or one of the read-only equivalents depending on the privileges that should be assigned (see below)

 

3. Save the account

That user account will now be directed to the Serv-U Management Console when logging in using the HTTP Listener

 

Information about administrator types:
 

• Domain Administrator - A Domain Administrator can only perform administrative duties for the Domain to which their account belongs. A Domain Administrator is also restricted from performing Domain-related activities that may affect other Domains. The Domain-related activities that may not be performed by Domain Administrators consists of configuring their Domain listeners or configuring ODBC database access for the Domain.
• System Administrator - A System Administrator has the ability to perform any File Server administration activity including creating and deleting Domains, User accounts, or even updating the File Server's license. A User account with System Administrator privileges that is logged in through HTTP remote administration can essentially administer the server as they had physical access to the machine.
• Group Administrator - A Group Administrator can add, edit, and remove users who are members of the first Group that the Group Administrator is a member of. This allows the Group Administrator to modify users who are in the same scope - for example, a Group Administrator of the "Accounting" group can add, remove, and edit users who are in the Accounting group but is not able to grant permissions to files outside of the Accounting group, and cannot edit or access users outside of that Group. Group Administration is designed to be used by department leads and junior administrators with the need to modify certain user accounts, without making changes to the Domain or Server.