# Getting Started with Service Manager

## Contents
Introduction Logging in to Service Manager Logging out of Service Manager Deploying to the Enterprise Gateway Discarding from Service Manager

## Introduction
Service Manager is a web-based system administration tool that simplifies Enterprise Gateway management tasks. It provides quick and easy access to enable you to manage your Web Services and policies online. For example, you can perform tasks such as the following: Register Web Services and assign policies Add policies composed of existing policies Deploy configuration to the Enterprise Gateway Access real-time monitoring of Web Services and messages
## Logging in to Service Manager
To log in to Service Manager in your browser, perform the following steps: Ensure that the Enterprise Gateway is running (for example, use the `enterprisegateway` command to start). Enter the following URL in your browser:
    http://localhost:8090/manager/
Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows: User Name: `admin` Password: `changeme`
Note | You can log in to Service Manager from multiple browsers. However, only the most recent login is a valid session from which you can make updates. You can not make updates from multiple browsers concurrently. By default, Service Manager sessions expire after `30` minutes of inactivity.
## Logging out of Service Manager
To log out of Service Manager, perform the following steps: Click the Logout icon in the top right corner of the Service Manager screen. The tool tip displays the current user (for example, `Logout user admin`). In the Confirm Logout dialog, click Yes. When you log out, your session is expired. However, any updates that you have not yet deployed remain unchanged until you log in again and make more updates, or discard the updates not yet deployed. To log in again as the same user, click the Log in button in the Service Manager Login web page. To log in again as a different user, specify the user name and password, and click the Log in button. Alternatively, open a new browser, and perform the steps described in Logging in to Service Manager.
Note | When using Firefox, before opening a new browser to log in as a different user, close all existing Service Manager browser sessions. This is due to how sessions are managed in Firefox.
## Deploying to the Enterprise Gateway
You can deploy configuration updates to the Enterprise Gateway by clicking the Deploy icon at the top right of the Service Manager screen. Alternatively, select Configuration -> Deploy from the Service Manager main menu at the top left. The Deploy menu item is enabled only if the configuration specified in Service Manager differs from the active configuration deployed in the Enterprise Gateway. These configurations are compared when Service Manager is launched, and after each time you make an update in Service Manager. If the configuration specified in Service Manager differs from the active configuration deployed in the Enterprise Gateway, a `Configuration needs to be Synchronized` message is displayed, and Deploy is enabled. After you deploy your updates, Deploy is disabled because your configuration is now the same as the current active Enterprise Gateway configuration. Each time you access Service Manager, it checks that your local configuration is in-sync with the current active Enterprise Gateway configuration. It checks that no other user deployed changes after you last took a copy of the current Enterprise Gateway configuration and started editing. If another user deployed changes, you can re-sync your deployment in the Out-of-Sync dialog.
## Discarding from Service Manager
You can discard configuration updates from Service Manager, and obtain updates from the Enterprise Gateway, by clicking the Discard icon at the top right of the Service Manager screen. Alternatively, select Configuration -> Discard from the Service Manager main menu at the top left. Discarding updates enables you to reset the Service Manager copy of the configuration back to the current active Enterprise Gateway configuration. Discard is enabled only if the configuration in Service Manager differs from the active configuration deployed in the Enterprise Gateway. If the configuration specified in Service Manager differs from the active configuration deployed in the Enterprise Gateway, a `Configuration needs to be Synchronized` message is displayed, and Discard is enabled. After you discard your updates, Discard is disabled because your configuration is now the same as the current active Enterprise Gateway configuration. Discard is managed in the same way as Deploy.