The administration module

The admin module is the visible part of Directupdate.
You are managing the settings using this module.

First you have to connect to the machine runningthe DirectUpdate engine.
Go to the first tab "Engine connection", and fill the field "connect to machine:"
Usually, the engine is running on the same machine, so select "localhost" (it's the same as typing "127.0.0.1").

Then click on connect ! If the engine is running on the machine, you should be connected.

For security reasons, you have to provide a password. Anyway, by default this password is blank.
A warning in the log file will be added, to tell you to change the password.

To change the password, click on "Change password..." button (note that of course you have to be connected to the engine).