# WLOC Administration Console Online Help

# Configure and manage the Controller

Every WLOC environment includes a single Controller. The Controller is the central component that gathers data about the operating environment from Agents. The Controller uses the data that it gathers to intelligently deploy new services and to evaluate and enforce policies for all services in the environment. The Controller also hosts the WLOC Administration Console.

See also Configuring the Controller and Agents.

Use the WLOC Administration Console to configure and manage the Controller in the following ways:

- Configure network communications for the Controller

- Configure notification defaults

- Configure JMX connections for JMX configuration actions

- Configure Controller security

- Configure SNMP

- Configure Work Managers

- View and configure log and audit messages

- Shut down the Controller