Distributed systems management on the web
Benjamin C. Reed, Michael Peercy, E.W. Robinson · 1997
The need to manage a multi-platform enterprise and the advancement of web technologies have made it possible to build powerful cross-platform management applications. As more network and system management tools become web-enabled, the web browser becomes a convenient point of integration. This paper describes the architecture and implementation of a web-based management console to an existing PC management application. Justification for using an embedded web server instead of the normal general purpose web server and CGI’s is given. The limitations and solutions are discussed, as well as advantages over traditional GUI’s.