# Install IDOL Admin

IDOL Admin is an administration interface for performing IDOL administration tasks, such as gathering status information, retrieving information about data in the index, and sending index actions to administer the index.

The IDOL Server installer includes the `admin.dat` file when you install any IDOL component. For each component that you install, the installer sets:

- the `AdminFile` configuration parameter in the `[Paths]` section of the configuration file to the path to the installed `admin.dat` file.
- the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` configuration parameter in the `[Service]` section of the configuration file to allow the local host and the component port to access the IDOL Admin interface.

You might need to modify the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` configuration parameter to allow access to IDOL Admin from other hosts. For more information, refer to the Reference for your component.

## Supported Browsers

IDOL Admin supports the following browsers:

- Internet Explorer 11 and later
- Edge
- Chrome (latest version)
- Firefox (latest version)

## Access IDOL Admin

You access IDOL Admin from a web browser. You can access the interface only through URLs that are set in the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` parameter in the ACI server or component configuration file.

To access IDOL Admin from the host that it is installed on

- Type the following URL into the address bar of your web browser:

      http://localhost:port/action=admin

  where `port` is the ACI server or component ACI port.

To access IDOL Admin from a different host

- Type the following URL into the address bar of your web browser:

      http://host:port/action=admin

  where:

  `host` | is the name or IP address of the host that IDOL Admin is installed on.
  `port` | is the ACI server or component ACI port of the IDOL Admin host.

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