Intrexx without Supervisor
Until Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, the "Supervisor" was an integral part of Intrexx. The Supervisor was a program or service that could be used to perform portal-wide actions.
Behavior up to and including Intrexx Steady Track 10.14
Connecting with the Supervisor
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, you could first connect to the supervisor with the Portal Manager. You could assign licenses to individual portals there, or run diagnostics for multiple portals, for example.
As a connection to the portal server could be established via the supervisor, the terms "supervisor" and "portal server" were sometimes used interchangeably.
To connect to the supervisor, it was necessary to specify the supervisor or portal server port that was assigned during the installation of Intrexx. Ordinarily, this was port 7960.
Intrexx Steady Track 10.13
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.13, the connection to the supervisor was established via the "Change Intrexx portal server" dialog ("Extras > Change server...").
Intrexx Steady Track 10.14
From Intrexx 10.14, connection with the supervisor was established in the login section of the start screen.
You can enter the port of the supervisor in the "Port" input field 
. After you clicked on , you were connected to the supervisor.
Connecting directly to the portal
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, you could also connect directly to a portal from the Portal Manager.
Intrexx Steady Track 10.13
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.13, the connection to a portal was established via the "Log in" dialog ("> Log in to portal").
You then had to enter the server, the (portal) user and their password and the port of the portal .
Intrexx Steady Track 10.14
As of Intrexx 10.14, you had to enter the name of the connection, the server name or the IP address and the port of the portal in the login area of the start screen. Depending on the type of login, the fields were already preassigned with values.
After you have clicked on , the "Log in" dialog is displayed.
The previously selected server and the port for the portal were already pre-screened.
Behavior from Intrexx Steady Track 10.15
As of Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, you can only connect to portals via the Portal Manager Serverr) and the Portal Manager (formerly "Portable Manager"), as the "Supervisor" no longer exists.
Connecting directly to the portal
To connect to a portal, you must enter the port of the corresponding portal in the "Port" input field in the login area of the start screen.
Detailed information on this can be found in the section Getting started with the Portal Manager.
Ports for the portal
The ports for the portal you are currently using will be displayed in the final dialog when updating to Intrexx Steady Track 10.15.
You can find detailed information on this in section Windows – Downloading and installing updates for the server and the Integrated Portal Manager.
In general, you can also determine the portal ports in the portal properties or in the "portal.cfg" file. You can find it at the following location:
<intrexx installation directory>/org/<portal directory>/internal/cfg
Overview of other changes
With the omission of the supervisor, there are a number of other behavioral changes from Intrexx Steady Track 10.15. You will find an overview below.
Administrators
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.14
Up to and including Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, there were two administrators: the "Administrator (Supervisor)" and the "Administrator (Portal)".
Intrexx Steady Track 10.15
As of Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, administrators only exist at portal level - "Administrator (Portal)".
The "Administrator (Supervisor)" role no longer exists. This eliminates the need to assign a password for the "Administrator (Supervisor)" during the installation of Intrexx. In addition, it is no longer necessary to enter the "supervisor password" where this was previously required, for example when creating a new portal.
At the same time, the menu item "Extras > Manage administration logins", which was used to create and manage administrators for the supervisor, has been removed.
Licenses
Licenses are issued at the portal level. You must first connect to a portal. There you can configure the license settings for this portal. Detailed information on this can be found in the Licensing section.
Creating portals
Portals can only be created via the"Integrated Portal Manager". They cannot be created via the "Portal Manager" (formerly "Portable Manager").
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Tools module
In the "Tools" module, Intrexx Steady Track 10.15 includes the changes described below.
SystemCare
Administration login
Until Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, there were the menu items "System check", "Diagnostics" and "Analyze log files" under the menu item "SystemCare". In order to use these menu items, an administration login ("Administrator Supervisor") was required. With the omission of the supervisor, the administration login is no longer required as of Intrexx Steady Track 10.15.
Menu items display
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.13, the menu items "System check, "Diagnostics" were only displayed after you had connected to the server or supervisor.
In Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, the "Tools" module was only displayed after you had connected to the server or supervisor.
As of Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the "Tools" module is only displayed after you have connected to a portal.
Diagnostics" menu item
Up until Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, there was the menu item "Diagnostics" under the menu item "SystemCare".
With Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the menu item "Diagnostics" has been removed. Diagnostics can now be created in the "Examine log files" menu item using the button. You can find all information on this here.
System check
Intrexx Steady Track 10.13 and 10.14
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, the system check consisted of archiving older log files and checking the databases for non-exportable characters.
The supervisor and one or more portals could be selected for the log directories.
When checking the databases for non-exportable characters, one or more portals could be selected.
Intrexx Steady Track 10.15
With Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the menu item "Archive older log files" has been removed. When checking databases for non-exportable characters, only the database for the currently connected portal is examined.
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Diagnosis
Up to Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, diagnostics was only available when connecting to the Supervisor. Single or multiple portals could be selected there for which diagnostics should be performed. In order to create a diagnosis, Intrexx Steady Track 10.13 and 10.14 had its own menu item "Diagnosis" in the "Tools" module.
After clicking on the button, a dialog for saving the diagnostic file in zip format was displayed. This contained a "Support" directory, which contained all the relevant files for support.
Intrexx Steady Track 10.15
As of Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the menu item "Diagnostics" has been replaced by the button. These can be found in the "Tools" module under the "Analyze log files" menu item.
From Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the diagnosis is created for the portal to which you are connected.
After you have clicked on the button, a dialog for saving the diagnosis file in zip format is displayed. Intrexx generates the following two zip files:
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diagnose<date-time>_client.zip
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diagnose<date-time>_server.zip
The zip files contain, among other things, log files that are generated by the Intrexx Portal Manager and the Intrexx Portal Server.
Create diagnostics via Admin API
You can also create diagnostics via the Admin API.
You can find more information on this in the Intrexx Administration API section.
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Log Files Parser
Intrexx Steady Track 10.13 and 10.14
Until Intrexx Steady Track 10.14, log files could also be analyzed for the Supervisor.
Intrexx Steady Track 10.15
In Intrexx Steady Track 10.15, the log files for the Supervisor are no longer required.
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Services
Windows
The service "
Intrexx Supervisor" no longer exists in the Windows service administration.
Linux
The "Supervisor" service and the corresponding shell script "upixsupervisor" no longer exist.
Directories and files
Files that were used by the "Supervisor" no longer exist.
Configuration files for licenses are now located in the portal directory.
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