(zettel (meta (back "00001004000000 00001004059900 00001007031000 00001018000000") (backward "00001004000000 00001004010000 00001004051000 00001004059900 00001007031000 00001018000000") (box-number "1") (created "00010101000000") (forward "00001004010000 00001004051000 00001004101000") (modified "20211103162926") (published "20211103162926") (role "manual") (syntax "zmk") (tags "#configuration #manual #zettelstore") (title "Zettelstore Administrator Console")) (rights 4) (encoding "") (content "The administrator console is a service accessible only on the same computer on which Zettelstore is running.\nIt allows an experienced user to monitor and control some of the inner workings of Zettelstore.\n\nYou enable the administrator console by specifying a TCP port number greater than zero (better: greater than 1024) for it, either via the [[command-line parameter ''-a''|00001004051000#a]] or via the ''admin-port'' key of the [[startup configuration file|00001004010000#admin-port]].\n\nAfter you enable the administrator console, you can use tools such as [[PuTTY|https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/]] or other telnet software to connect to the administrator console.\nIn fact, the administrator console is __not__ a full telnet service.\nIt is merely a simple line-oriented service where each input line is interpreted separately.\nTherefore, you can also use tools like [[netcat|https://nc110.sourceforge.io/]], [[socat|http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/]], etc.\n\nAfter connecting to the administrator console, there is no further authentication.\nIt is not needed because you must be logged in on the same computer where Zettelstore is running.\nYou cannot connect to the administrator console if you are on a different computer.\nOf course, on multi-user systems with encrusted users, you should not enable the administrator console.\n\n* Enable via [[command line|00001004051000#a]]\n* Enable via [[configuration file|00001004010000#admin-port]]\n* [[List of supported commands|00001004101000]]"))