Managing System Modules

Related topics: Adding modules Configuring modules Balancing the load

The System Modules screen lets you configure all the components in the Data Security network and distribute the load between them evenly.

To access this screen, select Settings > Deployment > System Modules.

If you are running Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere, the only modules you'll see listed on this screen are the Data Security Management Server and supplemental Data Security server(s) if any.

Each of these is comprised of several components, such as the fingerprint repository, crawler, and policy engine.

If you're running a full Websense Data Security deployment, you'll also see the protector and its components, as well as any stand-alone agents that you have installed. The nodes that appear in the System Modules tree depend on the options you selected during installation.

Each module and component is represented by an icon. Next to each module is a version number. This lets you see at a glance whether a particular module has been upgraded.

As shown in the on-screen legend, the icons are grayed-out when a component is disabled and they appear with a red exclamation point when the component has not yet been registered. If changes have been made to a module but have not yet been deployed, the icon appears with a pencil next to it.

If you have more than one Data Security server, there is a Load Balancing button on the toolbar. This button allows you to balance the load between your policy engines to optimize performance. See Balancing the load for details.