The
eRez Management Console allows a user with administrator privileges the
right to configure and administrate the eRez Imaging Server from a
remote computer on the network by using an internet browser.
Apart from a few infrequently used settings all eRez options can be configured and managed from the eRez Management Console.
The eRez Management Console is implemented as a stand-alone web
application and it can easily be disabled by simply removing the [eRez installation path]/webapps/erez/admin/ folder from the server.
Database enabled
eRez now contains an embedded SQL database called Apache Derby,
an open source relational database implemented entirely in Java. This
database can be substituted by an external SQL database.
The
first time you start eRez after installation, you can log into the
Management console by using the default administrator username and
password:
username: admin password: admin
Naturally the first thing to do is change the administratorpassword.
Management Console layout
This section describes the general layout of the eRez Management Console.
The
management console is divided into four main parts: The title bar, the
navigation bar, the list pane and the main content pane.
Title bar
The
title bar shows the name of the configuration that is currently been
edited. The title is also a link to the configuration management, if
the license allows multiple configurations and the user is logged in as
main administrator.
If the title bar says eRez this means you are viewing the main configuration. Anything else means you are viewing a custom configuration.
Navigation bar
The
navigation bar has a tab like functionality. Selected one of the tabs
allows the user to manage shares, users and groups, real-time and
download templates, and server settings. The server settings tab is
only available in the main eRez configuration.
List Pane
The
list pane contains at list of the selected type according to the
selected tab, e.g. a list of shares or a list of users etc. In the list
is a toolbar where it is possible to add or delete elements.
Content Pane
The
main content pane shows the detailed information for the selected
element. The content pane contains a toolbar for actions relative to
the selected element. The content pane toolbar always contain a help
icon with a question mark. Clicking on this icon brings up the online
help.
Main eRez configuration and custom sub-configurations
With eRez version 5 a new concept configurations
is introduced. Configurations means that you can have special setups
(configurations) specified for your customers if you have an ASP
license of eRez.
The configuration concept enables the eRez
application service provider to sandbox most settings of the eRez
Imaging Server to a single customer. Shares, Users, Groups, Real-time
and Download templates are now controlled by a configuration.
Running eRez as an ASP allows you as the system administrator to run virtual eRez'es (sub-configurations) totally separate from each other.
Main Configuration
The eRez Imaging Server always contains a main configuration called eRez.
This
configuration cannot be deleted, and will be the default configuration
if no other configuration is specified. The use of configurations is
transparent if the eRez Imaging Server is used in a non ASP setup. The
management of configurations is only available if the server uses an
ASP license. The ASP license also contains the allowed number of
configurations, e.g. ASP50 allows 50 configurations and an ASP150 150
configurations etc.
If you are running with an ASP license, you must choose which configuration to use when you logon to eRez:
If you want to access the management module as the eRez system administrator choose "Choose Main Configuration".
You will then see a small eRez displayed at the top:
You will also have access to the menu item Servers which let's you setup your eRez, insert licenses, displays status, access log files etc.
Custom Configurations
In eRez 5 you can have several different configurations - if you have an ASP license.
With
the introduction of configurations the customers can now manage their
own setup, create shares, users, groups, download and real-time
templates. While configurations are self contained, real-time and
download templates are handle in a special way.
The templates in the main configuration eRez are considered default templates
for other configurations. The templates are visible to the sub
configurations and can be used, but not changed. This way the service
provider can supply a number of sensible default templates for
customers to use, as well as ease the start-up process for the
customers.
However, should you choose a sub-configuration like "company" you will see company displayed at the top. And you will not have access to the "Servers" menu item.
Choosing a sub-configuration when logged in as the eRez system administrator, means that you can setup the sub-configuration.
Configurations
Description
Name
Is the name of the configuration.
The main configuration will always be called eRez. If you are editing the eRez configuration you are editing settings for the system as a whole.
If
you are editing a custom configuration this will be the name of the
custom configuration. The custom configuration name will be the name
your client use when calling the eRez use rinterface. eRez is installed
with a sample custom configuration called company.
The normal URL for calling the eRez user interface log-in menu from the local machine is:
In both cases the configuration is set on the session, and remains
active for as long as the session is active. Notice that you can
explicitly state that the eRez default configuration should be used.
This might be necessary if you have logged into a sub configuration and
need to login into the default eRez configuration afterwards.
When
accessing an image with an HTTP request another method is required. To
access an image in a sub configuration, the name of the source is
prefixed with the configuration. The format for this is two forward
slashes followed by the configuration name, followed by a single
forward slash, and then the normal image source.
Please see the following examples:
Accessing an image in the default configuration in a share called Samples would look like this:
Notice that share names are not unique across configuration, as the above example shows.
Viewing or Selecting configurations
Click on Choose Main Configuration to choose the main configuration of eRez. You will see eRez displayed in the center top of the eRez Management Console.
Click on eRez to see and list the subconfigurations.
Click once on the name of the subconfiguration to see the setup.
Double Click on the subconfiguration to select and edit it.
Location
The
location must point to an area which is private to the particular
custom sub-configuration. Everything created within that
sub-configuration: shares, users, FSI preset configurations etc. must
have root in the particular physical directory described in the
location setting.
For security reasons it is of primary importance that one sub-configuration is isolated from other sub-configurations.
The location must point to some place on the file system where the
eRez Imaging Server can access and has the rights to the files.
The sample sub configuration "company" that is enabled in eRez's with an ASP license has location:
WEB-INF/subconfigurations/company
This means that the company sub configuration will be placed relative to the [eRez installation path]/Tomcat/webapps/erez application on the server, which is below this folder.
Sub-configurations need not have location in a relative path to
eRez. Locations can be a direct link to a physical directory on the
disk or on another computer to wich the eRez application has access.
Examples:
c:\eRezClients\subconfigurations\customer1
\\10.10.10.10\subconfigurations
\\inernal local drive\subconfigurations
Maximum Disc Space Usage
Is
the maximum disk space in mega byte the sub configuration can use.
Maximum disk space accounts for how much disk space the files uploaded
within eRez can use.
Please notice that:
If files are added through the filesystem to the shares
monitored by eRez, but without being uploaded through eRez, the limit
is not enforced.
Working copies of files such as shadow
TIFF files will take up diskspace. You may therefore experience that
the actual physical diskspace exceeds the max diskspace limit.
When
users upload ZIP files, eRez checks the size of the zip file before
deciding to unpack it. After unpacking a ZIP file max diskspace may be
exceeded.
Value=0 means no restrictions.
Maximum Number of Files
The
maximum number of files that can be uploaded to a configuration. Number
of files here is the number of files accessible in the eRez user
interface for that sub configuration.
Please notice:
It is number of files uploaded not unpacked. A ZIP file counts as one file, not as the number of files within it.
Value=0 means no restrictions.
Maximum Number of Users
The maximum number of users that can be defined for this sub configuration.
Value=0 means no restrictions.
Strategy for managing sub-configurations
If
you have an eRez ASP license and you are an eRez administrator, here
are a few steps you can go through in order to create and manage
sub-configurations.
Create a new configuration. Let's call it "customer"
Define
the Name and location for your customer sub-configuration. All things
relevant for the "customer" will physically be placed in
sub-directories below what you define in location.
A good location could be "WEB-INF/subconfigurations/customer", as this will put all your customer related files into the eRez web file structure under "[eRez installation path]/Tomcat/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/subconfigurations/customer/"
Save your sub-configuration, by clicking on
Double-Click on your "customer" sub-configuration to select - not just view - the sub-configuration. You will see customer displayed in the title bar.
Click on "User" and create a new user called "customeradmin" with administrator priveledges.
The customeradmin user will only be administrator in the "customer" sub-configuration.
Save your customeradmin user by clicking on
Click on "Groups" and create a new group called "customeradministrators".
Now put your mouse on top of the customeradmin user in the "Unassociated users", hold down your mouse key and drag the customeradmin user to the title "Associated users" and release the mouse key.
The "customeradmin" user is now a member of the customeradministrators group.
Save your customeradministrators group by clicking on
eRez will now create the physical directories "images" and "cache" below the "[eRez installation path]/Tomcat/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/subconfigurations/customer/"
directory. This means that all files regarding your customer
sub-configuration are contained in the directory structure you have
assigned your sub-configuration.
Now assign the
customeradministrator group to the "Customer Images" share. Put your
mouse on top of the customeradmininistrators group in the "Unassigned
Groups", hold down your mouse key and drag the customeradministrator group to the title "Assigned Groups" and release the mouse key.
The "customeradministrators" group is associated with the "Customer Images" share and can be assigned individual rights.
Save your "Customer Images" share by clicking on
Re-edit the "Customer Images" share. You will now see rights boxes below for the Assigned Groups and for Anonymous Rights. Give the "customeradministrators" group all rights to the share.
Under
"Anonymous Rights" set least "View rights" to true by checking the
checkbox. With View Rights, users on the Internet will be able to see
images from the eRez server on webpages.
Save your "Customer Images" share once more.
Tell your customeradmin user to log into eRez using the login-url with &configuration=customer. Example:
When your customeradmin user logs into the eRez User Interface he/she
will have the option of jumping to the eRez Management Console, by
clicking on the "ADMIN" button in the top navigation.
Shares
In
order to access images via the eRez Imaging Server you must define one
or more shares. For security reasons all access to images is via
virtual paths based on the name of a share or a sub-folder in a share
like "share/folder/image.tif". It is not possible to address images
directly using the physical path such as "c:\test\folder\image.tif".
Add share. To add a new share either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration
Delete Share. To delete a share, click on the name of the share in the List Pane, and then click on the delete button.
Edit Share. Edit the share settings.
Show Share Statistics. Shows the traffic for the particular share.
Please note: A User must be assigned to a Group and the Group must be assigned to a Share for the user to have rights (other than anonymous rights) to the share.
Edit Share Settings
To edit a share click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
Description
Name
The
name of the share. This is also the name that will be visible to the
users with access to the share in the folder tree of the User Interface.
Please note: You must give the share a name.
Path
The physical path to the share. For the main configuration: The physical path can either be relative to eRez, for example WEB-INF/[share name] or a physical path to a directory of which the eRez application has access to.
For a sub configuration: If you are assigning a relative path or just a name, it will be relative to the root of the sub configuration.
Example:
If you assign the share path "financials" to the sub configuration
"company" and the location of the company sub configuration is
WEB-INF/subconfigurations/company the physical path of the financial
share will be:
Please note: You must give assign a physical path to the share.
Cache
The
directory where derived images are stored for re-use. The same cache
directory can be shared by several shares or you can use a separate
cache for each.
To place the cache within the eRez file structure, choose the relative path: "WEB-INF/cache".
For a sub configuration: If you are assigning a name, it will be relative to the root of the sub configuration.
Example:
If you assign the cache name "cache" to the share "Samples" of the sub
configuration "company" and the location of the company sub
configuration is WEB-INF/subconfigurations/company the physical path of
the Samples cache will be:
Please note: You must assign a cache to the share.
Custom Cache URL
Optional
custom URL used to fetch images from the cache. This makes it possible
to use an external web server to serve the image files created by eRez.
If you use an Apache or IIS web server to serve images from the
cache, you can make the cache available via the web server by assigning
the custom cache URL as a virtual directory.
When
this is checked eRez will not set the modification date of a file in
the cache when it is referenced and therefore remove the files in the
cache on a first-in-first-out basis. This may prevent an external web
server from having to update its cache.
Permanent Redirect
When
this is checked eRez will use a HTTP code 301 (moved permanently) to
redirect to the files in the cache. This may help an external cache
system caching dynamic images created by eRez.
Monitor Files
When
this option is enabled (default) eRez will automatically track changes
to the files and index files for searching, generate previews etc. and
index the files.
If you want eRez to automatically create TIFF
files from PDF files and extract information from each page such as
links, and text that can be searched, you must enable monitor files.
Maximum Disc Space Usage (Mb)
The maximum amount of disc space in megabytes (Mb) that share can use.
Value=0 means no restrictions.
Maximum Number of Files
The maximum number of files the share can contain.
Value=0 means no restrictions.
Please note:
Users can exceed the file quotas and diskspace quotas assigned to
them. That is, when a user upload something, eRez checks if the quotas
has been exceeded. If not, eRez proceeds processing the upload. The new
upload may therefore bring the user above the quotas assigned. Only when users try to upload something the next time, will they be prohibited from doing so.
User rights
When
a call is made to the eRez imaging server for a file or a folder, eRez
checks if the user has the right to access that file or folder residing
within the share. This check is performed for each call.
You can
define access rights both for specific groups and for anonymous users.
If you have assigned one or more groups to the share, you can check
what rights they have. You can also assign rights to anonymous users,
which essentially means users not logged in.
View Rights
If
checked the particular user group can view images. If you plan to have
users view the images of the shared folder on the internet for example
in a webpage, view role must be checked.
List Rights
The
user must have List Rights in order to list the contents of the shared
folder. Without List Rights to the shared folder, the folder and all
its contents will be completely invisible to the user.
In the eRez User interface, List Rights gives the user access to see the share all its content such as sub folders etc.
Download Rights
Download
rights to the share enables the user to download content from eRez. If
the user does not have Download Rights to the share, the download menu
in the eRez user interface will be dimmed.
Upload Rights
Upload
rights to the share enables the user to upload files to the eRez share.
If the user does not have Upload Rights to the share, the upload menu
in the eRez user interface will be dimmed.
Edit Rights
Edit
rights gives the user access to edit folder information as well as
images within the share. However, the user can't edit the name of the
top level folder (the share) - this must be done in the eRez management
console.
In the eRez user interface, with Edit Rights:
When click on on the Edit button, the user can edit names of subfolders within the share.
The user can edit the content info for the share or sub folders shown in the bottom left navigator information frame.
The user can create new subfolders to the share.
The user has the right to edit images in the share and the subfolders to the share.
Delete Rights
Gives the user the right to delete images or subfolders within the share
Rights needed to move a file or a folder
To move a file or a folder the user must have:
- Edit Right (so the user can get to the move folder or file)
- Delete Right (so the user can delete from where they are when moving)
- Upload Right (so the user can move to where they want to move to)
Edit Right (so the user can get to the move folder or file)
Delete Right to the shared folder they are moving from (so the user can delete from where they are when moving)
Upload Right to the folder they are moving to (so the user can move to where they want to move to)
Assigned Groups
Each
defined user can be assigned to a group, and a group can be assigned to
a share. This means that if you are a user belonging to an assigned
group, and the group is assigned to the share, you will have the rights
checked for assigned groups to the share.
The administrator can
remove or add groups to the share by dragging and dropping the group
from the list of unassigned groups to the assigned list.
Click on a name of a group in the unassigned list.
Hold down your mouse button while dragging it from the unassigned groups list to the assigned group list
Save your work
Click on the Edit share once more
Now you can check what rights each assigned groups will have to the share
Unassinged Groups
Unassigned Groups is a list of groups not currently assigned with rights to the share.
You can assign groups by:
Click on the name of the unassigned group with your mouse
Hold down your mouse key while dragging it to the Assigned Groups
Anonymous Rights
Check
what rights anonymous users will have to the share. An anonymous user
is one who is not logged in to eRez. You can consider an anonymous user
any user on the internet or any application trying to access eRez
without being logged in. If you enable all rights for anonymous users,
than anyone can access, view, download, upload, edit and delete your
files within the share!
Note:
If you plan to make your files visible from the internet because you plan to use them on web pages, in the FSI Viewer etc. enable View Rights. Otherwise your images, movies etc. will not be visible on your webpage.
Show Share Statistics
To show share statistics, click on the statistics button
The Share Monitor will show you the traffic of the share. Click on [Traffic] to see what traffic there has been on the shared folder since midnight.
(Not viewing traffic) (Viewing traffic)
To update the traffic graph click on Traffic once more. The traffic statistics are updated once a minute.
Click on to return to settings.
Users
This
is where you define the individual user accounts for the main
configuration eRez or client sub configuration. Having a user account
means that the user are able to log on to the eRez Imaging Server, and
be assigned with the rights associated with that particular user
account.
Add user. To add a new user either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration
Delete Share. To delete a user, click on the name of the share in the List Pane, and then click on the delete button.
Edit user. Edit the user's settings.
Show download list. Shows all download for that particular user.
Please note: A user must be assigned to a Group and the Group must be assigned to a Share for the user to have rights (other than anonymous rights) to the share.
Edit User Settings
To edit a user click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
Description
Login
The user's "handle" or initials used to log onto the system.
Password
The user's password.
E-mail
The user's e-mail address. Necessary for emailing files within the eRez user interface.
First Name
The user's first name.
Last Name
The user's last name.
Administrator Rights
Enable if the user should have administrator rights.
For the main configuration: Being an
administator means that the user can edit all parts of the system. An
administrator for the whole eRez configuration can also setup custom
sub configurations, if the system has an ASP license.
For a sub configuration: Being
an administrator for a sub configuration, means that the user can setup
shares, users, groups, real-time and download templates for that sub
configuration.
An administrator for a sub configuration will not have the priviledge to edit Server settings.
User Downloads
Total number of downloads
The total number of files downloaded by the user.
Please notice that number of files is number of files generated for download not actual downloads.
Total size of downloads (Mb)
The total size in megabytes (Mb) of the users uploads.
Total time processing downloads
The total processing time eRez has spend processing files for download. The format is hours.minutes.seconds.
Associated groups
Lists the groups the specific user is associated with.
To edit the groups the user belongs to, you must associate or disassociate the user by clicking on Groups in the Navigation bar.
Show Download List
The user Downloads provides an overview of what files has been downloaded by the user. The assets are the files downloaded.
To refresh the User Downloads overview and show an updated list of click on
To return to User Settings click on
Groups
Groups are simple names used to assign privileges to individual users.
In order to access images via the eRez Imaging Server you must
define one or more shares. For instance you can create a group named
"resellers" and for a share specify that only users belonging to the
"resellers" group can download images from that specific share. This
way only users belonging to the "resellers" group (and administrators)
can download files from the share and its subfolders.
Add Group. To add a new group either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration
Delete Group. To delete a group, click on the name of the group in the List Pane, and then click on the delete button.
Edit Group. Edit the group settings and associate users with that group.
Edit Group Settings
To edit a group click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
Description
Name
Is the name of the group. The group name will link the users to their rights to shares.
Edit FSI Templates Allowed
Enables
users with this group to edit FSI Templates in the eRez user interface.
Instead of having to save the generated html code in the Publish to Web
of the user interface, users belonging to a group with edit FSI
Template rights can save their own FSI preset configurations to the
eRez server.
Associated users
Lists the users within the main eRez or custom sub configurations associated with this group.
To delete an associated user click on the username and drag it to the Unassociated users bar.
Unassociated users
Lists
the users within the main eRez or custom sub configurations currently
unassociated with this group, but who can be associated.
To add an unassociated user to the group click on the username and drag it to the Associated users bar.
Realtime Templates
Here
you can create and edit the image templates for use with the real-time
channel. The real-time channel takes care of rendering low- to
mid-resolution images as requested from e.g. a web page.
It is the real-time templates that are used by the "Publish to Web" menus and functions in the eRez user interface.
Add Real-time Template. To add a new Real-time Template either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration
Delete
Real-time Template. To delete a Real-time Template, click on the name
of the Realtime Template in the List Pane, then click on the delete
button.
Edit Real-time Template. Edit the Realtime Template settings.
For the main configuration: The real-time templates configured here are available to all configurations, including custom sub-configurations.
For a sub configuration: Real-time
templates defined for a sub-configuration is only available to the FSI
preset configurations and eRez templates using that sub-configuration.
eRez real-templates
Here is a little overview of some of the main eRez configuration real-time templates:
top-??? and Prez templates are internally to produce the graphics in the eRez user interface
png-24 is used by the eRez Management Console to produce icons for buttons.
Thumbnail and ThumbnailZ are used to draw thumbnails of images in the user interfaces List and Select modes.
The user interface's "Publish as HTML image" makes the following standard real-time templates available for the user:
Large
Medium
Overlay
Small
Thumbnail
Watermark
png-24
SVG enabled templates:
barcode
pricestar
rating
fsi is used by the FSI Viewer, Showcase and Pages when zoomed into images.
Edit Real-time Template
To edit a realtime template click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
Description
Name
The name of the template.
Invisible
If
enabled the template will not be included in lists displayed to the
users of available real-time templates in the eRez user interface.
Rotation (degrees)
The rotation of the image in degrees. Rotation is applied to the image before it is cropped.
Width (pixels)
The
target width of the image measured in pixels. The resulting image will
be exactly as large as too fit inside the target box while preserving
the aspect ratio (relationship between height and width) of the
original image.
Height (pixels)
The
target height of the image measured in pixels. The resulting image will
be exactly as large as too fit inside the target box while preserving
the aspect ratio (relationship between height and width) of the
original image.
Position of the left edge of the overlay image in the range (0.0 – 1.0).
Overlay Y Position
Position of the top edge of the overlay image in the range (0.0 – 1.0).
Auto Crop
If Disabled eRez will resize the image to fit width and height of the image
If Enabled eRez will automatically crop the image as necessary to fit the specified width and height. The default auto cropping anchor is 1 meaning cropping from from all sides towards the middle center of the image.
Auto Crop Anchor
If Auto Crop is enabled eRez will crop the image towards the anchor point to fit the target width and height.
Legal values are:
1) middle center (default) 2) upper left 3) upper center 4) upper right 5) middle left 6) middle right 7) lower left 8) lower center 9) lower right
Keep Aspect Ratio
Enabled preserves the relative width and height of the source image (default).
Disabling the Keep Aspect Ratio
will force the eRez server to return an image with exactly the
specified width and height and ignore the aspect ratio of the source
image. When this is disabled the dimensions of the resulting image will
be exactly as requested.
Zoom Level
Set to 0 to not zoom at all.
To have eRez automatically crop the image to match the desired zoom level.
Possible values: 1 - 100, where value=100 is zoomed in to the max of the original image (100% zoom level).
SVG Scale Factor
Scale hint to help eRez pick the right resolution. The value is calculated by the eRez server.
Brigtness
Brightness adjustment. Possible values are 0.0 to infinite.
File Mode
Controls the way images are padded. Possible values are:
The top, left, bottom and right coordinates of the cropped image. The default values: 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 and 1.0 is the whole image.
Example: to remove 10 percent on all 4 sides you would use:
0.1
,
0.1
,
0.9
,
0.9
Shapen
The amount of sharpening to apply to the image. Must be in the range -500 (heavy blur) to 500 (strong sharpening).
A value of 0 applies no sharpening.
Format
The image file format for the generated image such as:
JPEG - standard jpeg files following the JFIF standard.
Flash - JPEG compressed Flash movies in SWF format
PNG - 256 color indexed PNG images (better than GIF and with no patent issues).
PDF - JPEG or ZIP compressed Adobe PDF files (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar).
EPS- Encapsulated Postscript images with embedded 256 color TIFF preview.
TIFF- Standard Tagged Image File Format.
Quality (0-100)
The
quality of JPEG compressed images. Must be in the range 0 (very poor
quality/small image) to 100 (best quality/very large image).
Note: For PDF images a value of "0" means no JPEG compression and ZIP compression will be used instead.
No Chroma Samplint
Enables
down sampling of color information during JPEG compression (default).
When this is disabled the file size will increase as much as 30 percent
but the color information is preserved at full resolution. Certain
computer generated images may appear blurry unless this option is
disabled.
Antialias
Enables the anti-alias filter to smooth edges and suppress artifacts sometimes caused by down sampling (default).
Use Black Point Compensation
Black
Point Compensation (BPC) is a technique used in digital photography
printing. It ensures that the shadow detail in the image is preserved
by simulating the full dynamic range of the output device - essentially
making black more black. BPC can be used when transforming files using
ICC profiles form CMYK to RGB.
As black is not always totally
black in CMYK, it will be mapped to something not completely black in
RGB, essentially making the RGB image more "grey". Using BPC is enabled
by default.
Borders
Border Color
Is an optional RGB border color and will append a border of that color around the image.
The default border color is -1 meaning no border color.
Border Top
Top border size in pixels. The maximum allowed size is 100 pixels.
Border Left
Left border size in pixels. The maximum allowed size is 100 pixels.
Border Bottom
Bottom border size in pixels. The maximum allowed size is 100 pixels.
Border Right
Right border size in pixels. The maximum allowed size is 100 pixels.
Paths
Fill Color (RRGGBB)
The
RGB background color used to pad the image in order to fill the
template box. Uses standard web color format (e.g. ff0000 is red,
00ff00 is green etc.).
When a fill color is specified the resulting image will always have the exact size of width and height.
Watermark Path
The
path and filename of an uncompressed RGB TIFF image with an alpha
channel (transparency). This image will be placed centered on top of
the resulting image. The transparency of the overlay image is
controlled by the alpha channel.
Alternative Image
Alternative
URL encoded eRez path to the image to use if the source image does not
exist. The alternative image may be an image saying "Not found", "Photo
on its way" or the like.
You can customize the Alternative image with your own artwork and graphical identity.
SVG template name specifies the file name of the SVG template to use.
The real time template most have template name override enabled, otherwise the parameter is ignored.
Allow SVG Template Name Override
Allow
the SVG template name to be overridden by command. If this option is
enabled, the SVG template name can to be overridden by the request for
an image
By default this is false for security reasons.
SVG Anchor
Specifies where the SVG overlay is anchored. Values are one of the four corners and centered:
lt) left top rt) right top lb) left bottom rb) right bottom c) center
SVG Scale
Specifies how the SVG template scales. Use either fixed size or size as relative to the requested image.
The possible values specify how to interpret the size of the SVG template. Values:
absw) Absolute width size in pixels
absh) Absolute height size in pixels
absf) Absolute fit size in pixels (fit in square box of size)
relw) Relative in percent to width of the requested image
relh) Relative in percent to height of the requested image
relf)
Relative in percent to requested image, automatically selecting height
or width, so that the template is always within the image.
SVG Scale Value
Specifies the scale value for the SVG template.
If the selected scale type is relative the scale value is in percent of the requested image.
If the selected scale type is absolute the scale value unit is in pixels.
SVG Parameters
The list of parameters that can be substituted at runtime.
The parameters must be separated by inserting a |. When parameters for
the SVG template are defined they are passed onto the template at
runtime. If the parameters are used within the SVG template they can
use the values specified.
Example: font=Arial|font-size=12pt|color=#000000
The
font, font-size and color parameters are assigned default values here.
If the parameters are not assigned a value at runtime, these default
values are used.
Here
you can create and edit the image templates for use with the
asynchronous" - or download - channel. The asynchronous channel takes
care of rendering images at any resolution for downloading and when new
images are uploaded to the server.
It is the download templates that are used by the "Download" menu in the eRez user interface.
Click on the Download template name in the List Pane to view.
Add Download Template. To add a new Download Template either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration
Delete
Download Template. To delete a Download Template, click on the name of
the Download Template in the List Pane, and then click on the delete
button.
Edit Download Template. Click on the Download template name in the List Pane to edit.
For the main configuration: The Download templates configured here are available to all configurations, including custom sub-configurations.
For a sub configuration: Download
templates defined for a sub-configuration is only available to the FSI
preset configurations and eRez templates using that sub-configuration.
Edit Download Template Settings
To edit a Download template click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
Description
Name
The name of the Download template.
Description
A human readable description that can be displayed to the user while choosing from the templates.
Width (pixels)
The target width of the image measured in pixels.
The
resulting image will be exactly as wide as too fit inside the target
box while preserving the aspect ratio (relationship between height and
width) of the original image.
Height (pixels)
The target height of the image measured in pixels.
The
resulting image will be exactly as high as too fit inside the target
box while preserving the aspect ratio (relationship between height and
width) of the original image.
Behaviour
Maximum Scaling
The maximum enlargement of the source image in percent. The default value is 100.
Example: To allow the images to be enlarged (interpolated) by 20 percent, use a value of 120.
Overscale Action
This
controls the behavior of the image processor when the source image does
not contain sufficient data to create the destination image without
breaking the "Maximum Scaling" barrier.
The options are:
Abort Job - This is the default and causes the job to fail.
Resize to maximum - The width and height of the destination image is decreased to the honor the maximum scale setting.
Ignore - The maximum scale value is simply ignored, allowing the image to be interpolated without limits.
Use Black Point Compensation
Black
Point Compensation (BPC) is a technique used in digital photography
printing. It ensures that the shadow detail in the image is preserved
by simulating the full dynamic range of the output device - essentially
making black more black. BPC can be used when transforming files using
ICC profiles form CMYK to RGB.
As black is not always totally
black in CMYK, it will be mapped to something not completely black in
RGB, essentially making the RGB image more "grey".
Use BPC is enabled by default.
Image Format
Format
The image file format for the generated image such as:
JPEG) Standard jpeg files following the JFIF standard.
PDF) JPEG or ZIP compressed Adobe PDF files (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar).
EPS) Encapsulated Postscript images with embedded 256 colors TIFF preview.
TIFF) Standard Tagged Image File Format.
More formats can be implemented by means of Plug-Ins.
Profile Name
The
description of the ICC profile to use. The eRez Management Console
automatically displays a list of installed profiles to use.
The option "no conversion" will bypass the color conversion and keep the image in the color space of the original
Rendering Intent
The
rendering intent determines how eRez handles the ICC color conversion.
The rendering intent you choose depends on whether colors are critical
in an image and on your preference of what the overall color appearance
of an image should be.
You can either leave the rendering intent on "Default" in which case
the default rendering intent of the ICC profile is used or choose from
the following rendering intents:
Perceptual - Aims to
preserve the visual relationship between colors so it's perceived as
natural to the human eye, even though the color values themselves may
change. This intent is suitable for photographic images with lots of
out-of-gamut colors.
Saturation -
Tries to produce vivid colors in an image at the expense of color
accuracy. This rendering intent is suitable for business graphics like
graphs or charts, where bright saturated colors are more important than
the exact relationship between colors (such as in a photographic
image).
Relative Colorimetric -
Compares the extreme highlight of the source color space to that of the
destination color space and shifts all colors accordingly. Out-of-gamut
colors are shifted to the closest reproducible color in the destination
color space. Relative colorimetric preserves more of the original
colors in an image than perceptual.
Absolute Colorimetric
- Leaves colors that fall inside the destination gamut unchanged. Out
of gamut colors are clipped. No scaling of colors to destination white
point is performed. This intent aims to maintain color accuracy at the
expense of preserving relationships between colors and is suitable for
proofing to simulate the output of a particular device.
Please note that some ICC profiles produce the same result regardless of the requested rendering intent.
Compression
The compression scheme used for TIFF files such as:
NONE - No compression. Compatible what almost all applications - but the files are large.
JPEG - JPEG "Lossy" compression.
ZIP - lossless compression.
Quality (0-100)
The quality of JPEG compressed images. Must be in the range:
0 (very poor quality/small image)
to
100 (best quality/very large image).
Note: For PDF images a value of "0" means no JPEG compression and ZIP compression will be used instead.
Resolution
The resolution of the output image in DPI (dots per inch).
A
value of 0 means that the dpi is automatically calculated to preserve
the width and height (as in centimeters or inches) of the source image.
Shapen
The amount of sharpening to apply to the image.
Must be in the range -500 (heavy blur) to 500 (strong sharpening).
A value of 0 applies no sharpening.
Please note:
The 'sharpen' filter is best suited for low resolution output.
For high resolution CMYK output: Use the "Unsharp Masking" filter instead
No Chroma Samplint
JPEG Chroma Subsampling: Enables down sampling of color information during JPEG compression (default).
Note:
When this is disabled the file size will increase as much as 30
percent but the color information is preserved at full resolution.
Certain computer generated images may appear blurry unless this option
is disabled.
Render Clippath
If
you check "Render Clipping Path" the current clipping path (if any)
will be applied and the background will be filled with white.
Crop Top, Left, Bottom, Right
The top, left, bottom and right coordinates of the cropped image.
The default values: 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 and 1.0 is the whole image.
Example: to remove 10 percent on all 4 sides you would use:
0.1
,
0.1
,
0.9
,
0.9
Tile Size
A value of "0" uses the standard "stripped" layout for the TIFF file (default).
Specifying
a tile size while using such values as 128, 256 or 512 will create
images organized as quadratic tiles which increase performance
considerably depending on the size of the source images. This is highly
recommended when working with images larger than 50 Mb and a "must" for
images with a size of several gigabytes.
Note: This
format is in compliance with the TIFF specification but some older
imaging applications may not be able to read it correctly.
Unsharp Mask
The Unsharp Masking corrects blurring introduced during scanning, resampling, or printing.
Unsharp Amount
The
amount of sharpening to apply. The interpretation of 'amount' has been
designed to mimic the behavior of Adobe Photoshop - but you will have
to experiment a little to get the optimum result. As an alternative you
may consider using the simple 'sharpen' filter for low resolution
images.
Unsharp Radius
The
radius of the gauss kernel used to calculate the unsharp value. The
interpretation of 'radius' has been designed to mimic the behavior of
Adobe Photoshop - but you will have to experiment a little to get the
optimum result.
Unsharp Threshold
This attribute is currently ignored and reserved for future use.
Servers
The server settings tab is only available in the main eRez configuration.
Server Statistics, shows the eRez Performance Monitor, period statistics and overview statistics.
Server status,
shows the status of eRez, Real-time and download imaging engines, queue
sizes, Java, operating system, and machine specifications, as well as
activity status.
Server Messages, shows server message e-mails sent by the server to the administrator and users.
Server licenses, viewing and editing licenses - eRez and FSI.
Click on the name of the server - in most cases eRez Imaging Server to see Server Settings.
To edit Server Settings click on .
Click on To commit (save) changes.
Click on To discard (cancel) changes.
URLs
Public URL
The public URL of the eRez sever such as "http://erez.yawah.com/erez".
This
URL is used when creating emails, building HTML page with the URL
Builder and generate code for the FSI Viewer, Showcase and Pages.
Proxy URL
By nature this is a very advanced feature designed to be used with caching reverse proxy servers and CDNs (Content Delivery Networks).
The proxy URL is the URL to the CDN proxy for instance:
http://akamai.mycompany.com/erez
http://mirrorimage.mycompany.com/erez
http://edgecast.mycompany.com/erez
Proxy URL Type
The Proxy URL Type is the name of the CDN provider such as:
akamai
mirrorimage
edgecast
System Behaviour
Number of Real-Time Imaging Threads
The
maximum number of concurrent image processing operations for real-time
images. The default value is 3. The optimal setting depends on the
number of CPUs and available memory on the server.
In a standard eRez scenario, a rule of thumb calculation says:
Number of Real-Time Imaging Threads = Number of "Available CPUs" + 1
Number of Download Imaging Threads
The
maximum number of concurrent image processing operations for high
resolution images. The default value is 2. The optimal setting depends
on the number of CPUs and available memory on the server. You should
allocate a minimum of 128MB RAM per thread to the Java Virtual Machine.
In a standard eRez scenario, a rule of thumb calculation says:
Number of Download Imaging Threads = (Available memory / 128 Mb) – Number of Real-Time Imaging Threads
and
Number of Download Imaging Threads <= (Number of Real-Time Imaging Threads / 2 )
Maximum Size of "flat" images (Mb)
Specifies
the maximum uncompressed size in Mb allowable for a single-resolution
image such as JPEG. The default value is 4 Mb and you should only
increase it if you have a very powerful server with lots of memory.
The size of the uncompressed image is not size on the disk - it's is size in the memory, this means that the eRez system can be slowed down tremendously using uncompressed images, sometimes 100 to 1000 times slower!
To calculate the size of an RGB image in memory:
Width of the image x height of the image x red x green x blue
This means if the image is 1000 pixels by 800 pixels the calculation is 1000x800x3 = 2400000
To calculate the size of a CMYK image in memory:
Width of the image x height of the image x 4
Maximum Cache Size (Mb)
The
maximum size of each cache in mega bytes. The server will check each
cache every 5 minutes and delete the least recently used images until
the total size of the images is equal or less this value.
The default value is 500 Mb.
Note:
If you have a busy server 500 Mb is not enough. Depending
on how much disk space you have available, increase this value to 1 Gb
(Gigabyte) or more.
What is a busy server?
When the Cache has been filled with images fed by the
eRez server it will delete the oldest to make space for new requests.
If images only live for a few hours in your cache (look at the
date-time of the oldest), your cache size may be too small and you
should increase it.
Metadata Cache Size
The
maximum number of images to cache metadata for in memory. eRez will
keep an up-to-date copy of the metadata for the most recently used
images in RAM to increase the performance for frequently used images.
Automatically configure threads
Automatically
configuring of threads means that eRez by itself calculates a suitable
number of real-time and download imaging threads.
The number of
each type of threads is calculated on the basis of how much memory is
available for eRez and how many CPU's the machine has and how many
CPU's is utilized as per your eRez license.
The default automatically configuring is enabled.
Synchronize Color Management
Implemented
a workaround for a problem found with several implementations of the
Java Virtual Machines from Sun, IBM, Apple and possibly others.
Apparently some of the low level Color Management functions are not
fully reentrant and may cause the JVM to crash on some (but not all)
multi CPU systems.
Unfortunately this extra synchronization may
limit the performance on systems with more than 2 CPUs. So our
recommendation is to not enable this workaround unless your server is
affected by this problem.
Things that might indicate that your server is affected by this problem are if in your log file you see:
Exceptions like java.awt.color.CMMException: General CMM error.
Crashes within sun.awt.color.CMM.cmmColorConvert.
File System
Temporary Download Storage
The path of a directory to temporarily hold the processed images and ZIP files.
The
default value "WEB-INF/download" is set in order for eRez to work
immediately after installation - but it is recommended to change this
to a directory outside the "erez" directory.
Temporary Upload Storage
The path of a directory to temporarily hold uploaded files.
The
default value "WEB-INF/upload" is set in order for eRez to work
immediately after installation - but it is recommended to change this
to a directory outside the "erez" directory.
Hot Folder Pause Length (Sec.)
The number of seconds to wait between each scan for changes to the shared folders.
The default value is 5 minutes is (300 seconds).
Lay Time (Sec.)
The number of seconds to wait before handling a new file after the last time the file was modified.
The default value is 30 seconds.
HTML Encoding
Character encoding used for HTML output.
IPTC Encoding
Character encoding used when writing IPTC data. Default is ISO-8859-15
Assumed IPTC Encoding
Assumed character encoding for IPTC data with no encoding information.
In some cases eRez does not know what character set is used, by setting
Assumed IPTC encoding to UTF-8 inserts IPTC information correctly.
Enable Native SVG Support
Turn native SVG support on or off.
Use External IPTC Files
External
IPTC means that users can add IPTC data, such as keywords, to video
clips and other files not normally supporting IPTC data. With TIFF and
JPEG files such IPTC data is written inside the file.
By enabling eRez ceates a "sice-car" file with the infomation to each file.
If disabled your users can't save IPTC information on file formats not supporting IPTC data such as videos.
Next backup time
eRez automatically create backup of the Derby database.The next time for backup is the value in the "Next backup time" parameter, which means that you can change this time manually.
The root backup directory is [eRez installation directory]tomcat/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/private/index/
Please notice:
This backup option is only possible if you use the internal Derby database.
Each backup created is a consistent backup where integrety is maintained
Backups is only made to your local disk - it is your responsiblity to save it to an external backup media.
Backups are rolling. Only the last 7 backups will be kept on your local disk.
Restoring a backup
To restore a backup just copy the backup one level up. Example: If you have a backup folder called "backup 2009.01.01.10.45.14.896" copy the contents from it's subfolder "eRez" to the [eRez installation directory]tomcat/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/private/index/eRez/ folder.
Hours between backups
Sets the number of hours between backups.
The value of the "Next Backup Time" is increased by the number of hours set here.
You can change the value to change the frequency of backups.
Use shadow pyramid TIFF files for flat fileformats
Shadow
TIFF files are pyramid TIFF files created for each uploaded JPEG or
image file. Prior to eRez 5 downloading "original file" meant
downloading a pyramid TIFF version of the uploaded JPEG file.
By setting "Use shadow TIFF" eRez 5 will now save the orginal uploaded JPEG file and create a pyramid TIFF for fast zooming, rendering etc.
Shadow pyramid TIFF files are placed in a sub-folder ".erez" below the shared folder of the orginal file.
Note:
When eRez converts a file to pyrmid TIFF the size of the the pyramid TIFF will on average be 130% of the orginal
Using shadow TIFFs means that diskspace for each upload file will increase diskspace needed:
+ 100% of the orginal image file + 130% for the shadow TIFF file = Each uploaded file will need 230% of diskspace for each upload
E-mail
E-mail disabled
In
order for the eRez server to send emails this value must be false. By
default this is true when the server is first installed, which means
that the eRez Imaging Server does not send out emails.
SMTP server
The hostname or IP address of the outgoing SMTP server.
SMTP user name
Optional user name required to connect to the SMTP server.
SMTP Password
Optional password required to connect to the SMTP server.
Default e-mail from
The default from address when the eRez server sends an e-mail.
Default e-mail reply to
The default reply-to address when someone replies to an e-email generated by the eRez server.
Copy all mail to
An optional e-mail address to which "blind carbon copies" are sent of all e-mails.
Administrator's e-mail
The
e-mail address for the Administrator. If this is set to a valid email
address then an email is sent to that address when the server is
started and when an error requires immediate attention.
Server Statistics
Show Live Statistics
Performance Monitor
With the eRez Performance monitor you can monitor the health of your server right now. The
values are sampled in real-time but the sample size interval is one
minute. The statistics file is updated at every five minute, e.g.
00.05.00, 00.10.00 etc.
Click either on the "Show All" menu for the total views, or on individual monitors.
Hits - Requests by Type
Click on one of the following request types to view or hide it in the graph:
Hits The total number of request the server received within a sample interval.
Cache Hits The total number of request that was served from the cache within the sample interval.
Real-Time Request The
total number of real-time request within a sample interval. Real-time
requests are the time critical part of eRez. The ability to serve
real-time requests is essential to the perceived performance of the
server. Notice that a request for an image that is in the cache does
not require a real-time request. Real-time request are when the server
needs to create an image.
Max Concurrent Hits The
maximum number of concurrent hits within the sample interval. This is a
good performance indicator as it describes how much work the server has
to do at the same time. If the Max Concurrent Hits grows or is at a
constantly high level, it could be an indication that the server cannot
handle the load.
RAM Cache Hits Hits to the RAM cache, which are served faster than hits to a cache on the disk.
RAM
cache is automatically created and setup by eRez - you don't have to do
anything to use the RAM cache. To increase RAM cache you should setup
eRez for more memory.
If an image variant is not in the RAM
cache, eRez then looks in the disk cache. IF it does not exist there it
is produced by eRez and placed both in the RAM and disk cache.
After
eRez restart the RAM cache is not populated immediately, and you will
see more hits to the disk cache than the RAM cache. Over time you will
see how hits to the RAM cache increases.
Memory
Click on one of the following request types to view or hide it in the graph:
Total Memory The total amount of memory in the Java virtual machine measured in kilobytes. The value may vary over time, depending on the host environment.
Free Memory The
amount of free memory in the Java Virtual Machine as an approximation
to the total amount of memory currently available for future allocated
objects, measured in kilobytes.
RAM Cache Memory Available How much RAM is available for the RAM cache in total.
RAM Cache Memory Used How
much memory is used by the RAM cache. As eRez has been up and running
for some time you will see hwo the RAM Cache Memory Used increases.
Response - Response Times in Miliseconds
Click on one of the following request types to view or hide it in the graph:
[- :250] The
total number of request processed in less than 250 milliseconds within
the sample interval. This gives an indication on how the user perceives
performance. In itself the responds times does not indicate if there is
a performance problem. The responds time for a large image is greater
that for a small image, so a single request can take a long time not
because there are lot of jobs running, but the because the request
requires a long processing time. There are two things one can do to enhance performance.
If a request requires a long processing time, the solution is to use faster processors.
If
the responds time is high because the load is high, there are more
factors in play. The solution could be faster processors, more
processor, more RAM, faster disks, or load balancing.
[250:500] The total number of request that took between 250 and 500 milliseconds to process within the sample interval.
[500:1000] The total number of request that took between 500 and 1000 milliseconds to process within the sample interval.
[1000:2000] The total number of request that took between 1 and 2 seconds to process within the sample interval.
[2000:4000] The total number of request that took between 2 and 4 seconds to process within the sample interval.
[4000:-] The total number of request that took over 4 seconds to process within the sample interval.
Queues - Queue sizes
Click on one of the following queue sizes to view or hide it in the graph:
Minimum Real-time Queue Size The
minimum number of jobs in the real-time queue within the sample
interval. When the server is idle the minimum will always be zero. This
sample is a good indicator on how the server is handling heavy loads.
When the value is above zero it indicates that the server in the sample
period received more request then it could process. This is in itself
not an indication of a performance problem. For a more complete picture
one needs to look at the responds times also.
Maximum Real-time Queue Size The
maximum number of jobs waiting in the real-time queue within the sample
interval. When the value is zero it indicates the there was no
real-time request within the sample interval. A high number of jobs
waiting in the queue is not in itself an indication of a performance
problem. A high number of waiting jobs could indicate a large number of
concurrent users. For a more complete picture one needs to look at the
responds times also.
Minimum Download Queue Size The
minimum download queue size within the sample interval. If the queue
size is above zero it indicates that server had work waiting within the
whole interval. It is not uncommon to have the queue filled for some
time, as jobs are normally submitted in batches, and download jobs is
normally taking a lot longer to process than real-time requests. Also
downloads are not normally perceived as time critical as real-time
request are.
Maximum Download Queue Size The
maximum download queue size within the sample interval. The maximum
size can be pretty large due to the nature of submitting download jobs
in batches. This in itself is not an indication of a performance issue.
Show Period Statistics
Performance Statistics over a period of time
With the eRez Performance Statistics you can lookup performance statistics for a period of time.
Overview
Statistics gives you an overall indication in pie charts of the
distribution of hits and response times in a particular period. This
will tell you something about the load on your server.
When a user request hits the eRez server, it’s a hit – even when it is not an image!
Shows the distribution of
Cache Hits Are hits to the eRez servers caches, and as such do not require a lot of load on the processor.
Real-time Hits Real-time
Hits are hits that request the server to create an image. If the share
of real-time hits is very high there can be two reasons:
The cache is too small. This means that image variants need to be created by eRez all the time, as they do not live long in the cache.
You are running a system, where users zoom into new areas of the images all the time. Perhaps
you have a lot of online eCataloges where the FSI Pages is set to
resize. This would mean that new sizes of the catalog pages are
requested all the time, requiring many new real-time requests.
Other Hits Are such hits as downloads of originals, html pages from the user interface etc.
Response Times
Response
Times are the time from a request enters the system until it is served.
But please note - this is not the same as the actual time it
takes it to be transferred from eRez to the Internet
The Response time's pie chart shows the distribution of response times in milliseconds.
Generally speaking 80% of your response times should be between 0 - 250 milliseconds and less and less should be longer.
As long as you are below 1 second it is good.
Problems start when you get too many requests above 1 second.
Response Times
0 - 250 miliseconds
80% | V
| | | | | | | | V
250 - 500 milisecons
500 miliseconds - 1 second
1 - 2 seconds
You have a busy server
2 - 4 seconds
> 4 seconds
Show Server Status
Server
Status gives you information about the state of your eRez imaging
Server. The information concerns some statistics as well as information
about the machine you are running on and your eRez license. If you have
watermarks in your images, a good place to start is here, comparing
what your license allows you to do and what is actually going on.
If you have problems and needs help from YaWah Support (support@yawah.com) please go to the Server Status page, copy the information and paste it into the email you send to YaWah Support.
The activity reported in Server Status is activity since eRez was last started.
eRez
Information about your eRez imaging server.
Servlet Version: What exact version and subversion of eRez are you running?
Started: When did you last start eRez
Activity: How busy is the server doing things
Total Hits: How many hits (real-time, cache and other hits has been made to the server)
Maximum Concurrent Hits:
Tells you something about the max load of the server. How much has the
server had to do when it was most busy. A busy server will have 10 or
20 concurrent hits in queue.
Realtime Imaging Engine
The Real-time Imaging Engine takes care of rendering low- to mid-resolution images as requested from e.g. a web page.
Maximum Concurrent Jobs. How many jobs has eRez had to do maximum at the same time.
Total Jobs. How many jobs has eRez had in total
Average Queue size. How many jobs have on average been in queue waiting to be rendered by the real-time engine.
Maximum Queue size. How many real-time rendering jobs have max been in the queue.
Download Imaging Engine
The
Download Engine is an asynchronous channel taking care of rendering
images at any resolution for downloading and when new images are
uploaded to the server.
Maximum Concurrent Jobs. How many download jobs has eRez had to do maximum at the same time.
Total Jobs. How many download jobs have eRez had in total
Average Queue size. How many download jobs has on average been in queue waiting to be rendered by the download engine.
Maximum Queue size. How many download rendering jobs has max been in the queue.
Queue Sizes
Internal eRez queues. If eRez seems very slow large queues may indicate where the bottleneck is.
Realtime Queue Sizee. How many images are waiting to be served to the web.
Download Queue Size. How many jobs are in the download queue waiting to be processed.
Upload Queue Size. How many uploaded files are waiting to be unzipped and/or rendered to pyramid TIFF right now.
Preview Queue Size. Used for making previews for files such as PDFs.
Java
Is
information about your Java environment, application server, operating
system, memory etc. that the Java virtual machine can extract. It is
also what is available of system resources to Java.
Total Images. The total number of
images in your system. If you have a license with restrictions on the
number of images in your eRez (eRez Basic, eRez Standard, ASP-50
licenses), total images gives you an indication on how close you are to
the limit.
Operating System. The operating system type and version.
Java Environment. The version and type of Java installed on the machine
Java Server. What Java Application Server is used for deploying the eRez web application.
Total Memory. Total memory available for eRez. This is set by the -Xmx parameter in the environment properties.
Free Memory. How much of total memory is currently not used.
Available CPUs. How many CPUs are reported by the operating system.
JAI Version. What Java Advanced Imaging version is used. (JAI is a Java platform extension API)
Date & Time reported by the system.
Activity
Activity reports the state of the various threads and engines in eRez.
This
activity overview is usefull if you think eRez is running slowly. eRez
may be "slow" because it is doing a lot of work such as real-time and
download rendering. Is the state of real-time and download threads
"RUNNING" this means that eRez has a lot to do!
No Licenses Installed
The eRez system is running unlicensed!
To Activate
To Activate, please go to:
Show Server Licenses
Activate eRez PID
Activate your eRez (Activate YaWah.com Software Product)
The license will be sent to you in an activation e-mail.
Enter the eRez license
To Enter the eRez license (the license is sent to you with your activation email), please go to
Show Server Licenses
Enter eRez/FSI license
Paste the license from your activation email into the eRez License key field
Click on Commit Changes to save your license key.
License for
License for [licensee] where licensee is the name of the company who owns the license, and for whom it is registered for.
License State. Is it a valid license or not?
hostip. What host IP number was the license activated for.
asp. If it is an ASP license, how many clients' sub-configurations does the license allow.
maxcpus. How many CPUs does the license allow eRez to utilize.
soap. Is 1 if the license contains using the SOAP development KIT with eRez.
cadview. Is 1 if the license contains a CADview license enabling you to use the CAD files view plug-in.
erez version. What version of eRez is the license registered for.
hostname. What host name was the license activated for.
stopdate. Does the license have an end date? If yes, then the license will stop working after that date.
startdate. What is the start date of the license? This is the day the license was activated.
licensee. The name of the company for whom the license was registered.
cdn. Is 1 if the license allows use of a CDN (Content Delivery Network) connector (Proxy URL)
Show Server Messages
Server
messages are emails sent or could have been sent from the eRez system,
if the eRez e-mail sending property was setup correctly.
Server Messages are shown by choosing a From date and perhaps a To date:
From
2008-10-01 23:59:00
To
2008-10-31 23:59:00
and click on to refresh the Server Messages list.
The date-time format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (Year-month-day hours:minutes:seconds)
Message
Click on a message line and see the message (what was sent) displayed in the Message part of the screen.
S
S is the status of the message
+ means that it has been sent
- means that it has not been sent
Date
Date and time when the message was sent or attempted sent
To
The recipient of the message
From
The sender of the message who can be:
The eRez management console (Blank)
eRez itself
A user from the user interface
Subject
Subject of the message.
If you see something like eRez 5.0 - Build 9999 (20081001) in the
subject, it is a message sent each time the eRez system is restarted.
Show Server Licenses
Server licenses are eRez and FSI Viewer licenses installed on the
server. You are able to run both the eRez Imaging Server as well as the
FSI products without a license. However, running without a license
means that you will see logo watermarks inside your images.
YaWah eRez licenses
Without an eRez license from YaWah, watermarks will permanently be rendered inside images when you upload images to eRez.
Without a valid license watermarks will be rendered on top of images too.
Other license options from YaWah:
ASP license enables you to run client
sub-configurations. Without an ASP license you will not be able to
handle sub-configurations in the eRez Management Console.
SOAP license
enables you to create external applications that can communicate with
eRez through SOAP calls. The SOAP interface for the eRez Imaging Server
extends the functionality of eRez, making it programmatically
accessible from other software applications, to include CMS and ERP
systems.
CAD VieW license
enables anyone whose work involves advanced technical illustrations -
for example: architects, engineers, drafters, planners - the ability to
create flexible online project presentations of AutoCAD® files in a
quality never seen before.
CDN connector license enables you to integrate your eRez content with a Content Delivery Network such as Akamai, MirrorImage and EdgeCast.
Neptune Labs FSI licenses
Without an FSI license from Neptune Labs, watermarks will be rendered on the images of your FSI Viewer.
Other FSI license options from Neptune Labs:
FSI Showcase
FSI Pages
FSI Plug-ins
FSI Skin and Skin Plus
The above mentioned extra license options are part of the FSI
License. If your FSI license does not contain one or more of the
options you will see watermarks inside your images.
No Licenses Installed
If you see this message, no eRez license is installed on your server.
To enter the license into the system:
The
license is printed inside an activation e-mail you received when you
registered your eRez PID (Product Identification Key). Go to Enter License and enter your eRez License.
To activate your eRez PID
The eRez PID is what you receive from your dealer when you buy eRez. Go to Activate eRez PID to activate the PID and get an eRez License.
No FSI License found
If you see this message, no FSI license is installed on your server.
To enter the license into the system:
The
license is printed inside an activation e-mail you received when you
registered your FSI PID (Product Identification Key). Go to Enter License and enter your FSI License.
To activate your FSI PID
The FSI PID is what you receive from your dealer when you buy FSI. Go to Activate FSI PID to activate the PID and get an FSI License.
License for
License for
License for [licensee] where licensee is the name of the company who owns the license, and for whom it is registered for.
License State. Is it a valid license or not?
hostip. What host IP number was the license activated for.
asp. If it is an ASP license, how many clients' sub-configurations does the license allow.
maxcpus. How many CPUs does the license allow eRez to utilize.
soap. Is 1 if the license contains using the SOAP development KIT with eRez.
cadview. Is 1 if the license contains a CADview license enabling you to use the CAD files view plug-in.
erez version. What version of eRez is the license registered for.
hostname. What host name was the license activated for.
stopdate. Does the license have an end date? If yes, then the license will stop working after that date.
startdate. What is the start date of the license? This is the day the license was activated.
licensee. The name of the company for whom the license was registered.
cdn. Is 1 if the license allows use of a CDN (Content Delivery Network) connector (Proxy URL)
Note:
The host name and/or host IP but match what the URL you use to call
eRez with. If not please notify your reseller if you have not activated
your eRez PID for the correct host name and/or IP number, so they can
request a re-opening of your eRez PID for re-activation.
Original License Key
Is the content of your licence key.
Click on to remove the license from your system
Typically the license will look like something like this:
Domains are the domains or IP number the license is registered for.
Note: Check that the FSI domain or IP match the host
name or host IP for eRez. If not please notify your reseller if you
have not activated your FSI PID for the correct domain or IP number, so
they can request a new FSI PID for you.
Original FSI License Key
Is the content of your FSI licence key.
Click on to remove the license from your system
Typically the license will look like something like this:
When
you register eRez you receive an activation email with your license
key. Paste the license key into the key field and click on to activate your license.
To see the state of your license Click on:
Servers
The "Server name" in the List Pane
License Overview
After activation it is always a good idea to:
Restart your eRez Imaging Server
Clear the cache of your internet browser
FSI License Key
When
you activate FSI you receive an activation email from Neptune Labs with
your activation license. Paste the license into the FSI Licence Key
field and click on to activate your license.
After activation of your FSI license, it is always a good idea to:
Clear the cache of your internet browser
Activate eRez PID
Click on to activate your eRez PID.
Here is some very important advice:
eRez can be registered both for a host name and a host IP (that is IP number).
If you plan to access eRez with a host name, you must register eRez for a hostname (example: erez.mycompany.com) a domain name is not enough!
In this case you must register FSI for a domain name - for example (mycompany.com)
If you plan to access eRez with an IP number, you must also activate FSI for the IP number - don't use a domain name!
All the URL's created with eRez will use the Public URL and the Public URL must match the host name or IP number registered for eRez.
The activation email can be sent to more than one e-mail account if you separate email addresses with a comma.
Activate FSI PID
Click on to activate your FSI PID.
Here is some very important advice:
You must register FSI either for a domain name or an IP number
IF you register FSI for a domain name the domain name must be part of the URL you will use to access eRez with.
Example:
FSI registered domain name = mycompany.com
eRez has been registered for host name = erez.mycompany.com
The Public URL should then be: http://erez.mycompany.com/erez , or if you use a port such as 8080 http://erez.mycompany.com:8080/erez
IF you register FSI for an IP number the IP number must be part of the URL you will use to access eRez with.
Example:
FSI registered IP number = 127.0.0.1
eRez has been registered for host name = 127.0.0.1
The Public URL should then be: http://127.0.0.1/erez , or if you use a port such as 8080 http://127.0.0.1:8080/erez
Show Server Logs
Select log file
Select the log file to view in the drop down list.
If you run eRez as a Service on your machine, this is the place to see what is happening on your server.
The information in the "eRez Imaging Server 5 Console" (= Running eRez as an application) is similar to the erez_daily.log.
By
default eRez is set up to "roll" the log file, keeping log files for
the past 20 days with a max size of the log file on 50 megabytes.
Log files are placed in the directories specified in the [eRez installation path]/tomcat/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties file through the parameters
Where ${log.home} is the root to Tomcat or whatever Java Application Server you use.
You
can specify log file setup in the log4j.properties file, but as log
behavior is read at startup time, you should remember to restart eRez
after changing the file.
Go to page
Input box for going to a specific page in the currently shown log file. Click on to refresh after you have changed the page.
Action buttons
Reload log file page
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Install Package
Install Package
This
function allows you to upload and install updates and add-ons to the
eRez Imaging Server. After uploading the package you will see a list of
files to install and in some cases a license agreement.
Upload Package
After specifying the zip package to upload click on Upload Package.
Files to install
Lists
the files inside the package relevant for installing on the eRez 5
server. If no relevant files are found Install Package will tell you so.
Accept license and install package
Click on the "Accept license and install package" if you accept the license inside the package and wish to install.
Click on the Cancel button if you do not accept!
Backup of installed package files
If
one or more of the files from the package already exists, the existing
file(s) will be backed up in a ZIP file named with the current date and
placed in the [eRez installation
directory]/tomcat]/webapps/erez/WEB-INF/upload directory.
The backup zip file will be named backupYYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.zip where YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS is Year_Month_Day_Hour_Minute_Second.
Create a new configuration. Let's call it "customer"
When your customeradmin user logs into the eRez User Interface he/she
will have the option of jumping to the eRez Management Console, by
clicking on the "ADMIN" button in the top navigation.
Add share. To add a new share either to the main eRez configuration or a sub-configuration 
Delete Share. To delete a share, click on the name of the share in the List Pane, and then click on the delete button. 
Edit Share. Edit the share settings.
Show Share Statistics. Shows the traffic for the particular share.
To commit (save) changes. 
To discard (cancel) changes.
To show share statistics, click on the statistics button
(Not viewing traffic) 
(Viewing traffic)
to return to settings.
Show download list. Shows all download for that particular user.
Server Statistics, shows the eRez Performance Monitor, period statistics and overview statistics.
Server status,
shows the status of eRez, Real-time and download imaging engines, queue
sizes, Java, operating system, and machine specifications, as well as
activity status.
Server Messages, shows server message e-mails sent by the server to the administrator and users.
Server licenses, viewing and editing licenses - eRez and FSI.
Server logs, shows system log files.
With the eRez Performance monitor you can monitor the health of your server right now.
With the eRez Performance Statistics you can lookup performance statistics for a period of time.
After inserting the date click on "Refresh Statistics" to update the graphs. 
Overview
Statistics gives you an overall indication in pie charts of the
distribution of hits and response times in a particular period. This
will tell you something about the load on your server.
Show Server Licenses
Activate eRez PID
Enter eRez/FSI license
Click on Commit Changes to save your license key.
The
license is printed inside an activation e-mail you received when you
registered your eRez PID (Product Identification Key). Go to Enter License and enter your eRez License.
The eRez PID is what you receive from your dealer when you buy eRez. Go to Activate eRez PID to activate the PID and get an eRez License.
The FSI PID is what you receive from your dealer when you buy FSI. Go to Activate FSI PID to activate the PID and get an FSI License.
to remove the license from your system 
to activate your FSI PID.
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