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Administering
Administer the product by using the Teracloud® Streams graphical user interface, APIs, or the streamtool command-line interface.
Streams Console
You can use the Streams Console to monitor and manage the Teracloud® Streams instances and applications in your domain from any computer that has HTTP connectivity to the server that is running the web management service.
Starting the Streams Console
To open the Streams Console in your default web browser, you can use the streamtool launch command. To open the Streams Console

Welcome
Learn about the core capabilities of Teracloud® Streams, its architecture, and key concepts.
Installing
Use this information to install, upgrade, and uninstall the Teracloud® Streams product.
Configuring
Create a basic or an enterprise domain which is a single point for configuring and managing common resources, security, and instances.
Administering
Administer the product by using the Teracloud® Streams graphical user interface, APIs, or the streamtool command-line interface.
- Domains
  After you create a Teracloud® Streams domain, you can administer it by using the Streams Console graphical user interface and the streamtool command-line interface.
- Resources
  After you add resources to domains and instances, you can administer them by using the Streams Console or the streamtool command-line interface.
- Instances
  To create and manage instances, you can use the Streams Console or the streamtool command-line interface.
- Domain and instance services
  Before you can perform Teracloud® Streams tasks, Teracloud Streams domain and instance services need to be running on resources in the domain. Domain services are started by starting the domain and instance services are started by starting the instance.
- Jobs
  You can start and administer jobs by using Streams Console or the streamtool command-line interface.
- Recovery
  You can back up your Teracloud® Streams system files and directories and then restore them later if necessary. In general, you can recover from application and runtime failures without restoring Teracloud Streams from a backup.
- Streams Console
  You can use the Streams Console to monitor and manage the Teracloud® Streams instances and applications in your domain from any computer that has HTTP connectivity to the server that is running the web management service.
  - Requirements
    Before you use the Streams Console, ensure that the web management service is running in the domain, and that you are using a supported web browser.
  - Starting the Streams Console
    To open the Streams Console in your default web browser, you can use the streamtool launch command. To open the Streams Console
- Logs and traces
  Teracloud® Streams provides options that enable administrators, instance owners, and application developers to manage log and trace data.
- Managing and monitoring Teracloud® Streams using management APIs
  Teracloud® Streams provides two API sets to manage and monitor Streams services and jobs.
Developing
Develop stream applications with the Streams Processing Language (SPL), Java, and Python.
Troubleshooting
Resolve problems with Teracloud® Streams using the troubleshooting tools provided with the product as well as the resources offered by Teracloud Support.
Reference
Find details on the SPL language, toolkits, APIs, commands, and more.
Glossary
Use this glossary to find terms and definitions for Teracloud® Streams.

Starting the Streams Console

To open the Streams Console in your default web browser, you can use the streamtool launch command. To open the Streams Console in another web browser, use the streamtool geturl command.

Before you begin

Verify that you meet the requirements for using the Streams Console

Procedure

To open the Streams Console in your default web browser use the streamtool launch command. For example:
```
streamtool launch –d domain-id --console
```
To open the Streams Console in a web browser other than your default browser:
1. Obtain the URL by using the streamtool geturl command.
  For example:
```
  streamtool geturl –d domain-id --console
```
  The URL is similar to the following example:
```
https://host1.teracloud.com:54344/streams/domain/console
```
2. Enter the URL in the web address field of your browser.

What to do next

If you are prompted, enter the user ID and password that you use to access Streams Console.

Tip: Certificate authentication enables users to access the Streams Console without having to enter a user ID and password. For more information, see Setting up client certificate authentication.