Hard-core developers can use a programming interface to the server for full access to the more complex application server capabilities. Project management and deployment tools help deal with automating the distribution of your application from development and test platforms to production systems. Netscape Application Server includes an integrated remote administration and real-time graphical system monitoring tool. With it, you can manage access to applications, balance loads across multiple servers, and start and stop individual applications or an entire server. A scrolling window displays real-time critical server performance characteristics including CPU and disk load.
Flexible server logging options include the ability to log information to a database.
You can also be notified via e-mail when crashes and other major system events occur. The Deployment Manager and Project Manager tools make deploying applications across multiple systems much easier. Developers use the Project Manager to specify a package of application code modules, templates and static content. You can easily deploy projects to any Netscape Application Server by opening a project and selecting the server to deploy it on. To minimize downtime, you can update applications on running servers without shutting down the server.