Content Gateway Manager is a Web-based interface accessible through a browser. Content Gateway Manager provides graphs and statistical displays for monitoring Content Gateway performance and network traffic, and options for configuring and fine-tuning the proxy. Content Gateway Manager offers password-protected, SSL-encrypted, single-point administration for an entire Content Gateway cluster. This is the recommended administration mode.

A command-line interface enables you to monitor Content Gateway performance and network traffic, and configure the proxy. You can execute individual commands or script a series of commands in a shell. This method is only partially available when Content Gateway is installed on a Websense appliance. Use the Content Gateway Manager and the Appliance Manager Command Line Utility instead.

Configuration files allow administration through a file-editing and signal-handling interface. You can change configuration options by editing configuration files instead of using Content Gateway Manager or the command-line interface. Any changes you make through Content Gateway Manager or the command-line interface are automatically made to the configuration files.