Using the SMC Client in a web browser

To avoid installing the full Java-based SMC Client on each workstation that an administrator uses, you can run the SMC Client in a web browser.

You can enable the Web Access feature on the Management Server or Web Access Server. Administrators log on to the SMC Client on a web page, and the SMC Client runs as an HTML5 application in the web browser. The web browser is the only requirement on the workstation.

You can also connect to and manage multiple versions of the SMC. This removes the requirement to have the SMC and the locally-installed SMC Client be the same version.

You can configure Web Access in the properties of the Management Server or Web Access Server. You can also enable the Web Access feature during the installation of the Management Server.

Limitations and recommendations

  • By default, the SMC allows a maximum of five sessions using Web Access at the same time. To change the maximum number of concurrent sessions, see Knowledge Base article 17248.
  • Web browser support is limited to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
  • It is not possible to log on using certificate-based authentication.
  • Interacting with the local file system is limited. Each user has a folder located at %installation%\data\%servertype%\webswing\users\admin%id% where %servertype% is datamgtserver for the Management Server and datawebserver for the Web Access Server and %id% is the ID of the administrator in the database. Users can import or export elements to this folder, for example.
  • When you copy text using Ctrl+C, you must manually allow the copy operation in the bottom-right corner of the screen.


    Note: Using right-click actions to paste text from the system clipboard is not supported. You must use Ctrl+V to paste text into the SMC Client.
  • Web Access can consume resources. Especially if many administrators will be using the feature, we recommend that you enable the feature on the Web Access Server.
  • If the Management Server or Web Access Server is installed on a Linux platform, xvfb-run must be installed.
  • If the Management Server and Web Access Server are installed on the same computer, we recommend that you do not enable Web Access on both servers.