Enable & Disable Administration Console

To disable the console:

* In the admin console navigate to --> General --> Advanced Options --> Console Enabled. De-select that option to disable console (restart required).

To hide the cosole:

* Enable the administration port on the domain so that console can only be accessed on the 2-way secured admin port. This will force all the clients to have valid certificate installed in their client (browser) to access the console.
* In the admin console navigate to --> General --> Advanced Options --> Console Context Path and change the context-path of the console to something unique and only known to the administrators.

All is fine. But one of the common question is how can I enable the console once I disable them. Like I said earlier you have to rely on the scripting tool to enable the admin console once it is disabled. You either perform this action interactively or by running a WLST script. See the following sample WLST script for more info:

connect("username","password")
edit()
startEdit()
cmo.setConsoleEnabled(true)
save()
activate()
disconnect()
exit()

You have to restart the administration server to get the console back. Have fun playing hide and seek with the console!

In WLS 10.3 with the Light Weight Server Installer, you can choose not to install WLS Admin Console when you install WLS.