# Displaying the Conductor Live web interface
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You create ECL3; encoding workflow by creating profiles and channels. When you are ready, you then start the channel. When your Elemental Live nodes are in a cluster, you should use AWS Elemental Conductor Live to create the Elemental Live encoding workflow. 

## Displaying the web interface
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1. Obtain the following information from the person who configured the Conductor Live cluster:
   + IP address of the Conductor Live node. The correct address depends on your high-availability redundancy setup:
     + If the cluster is set up with Conductor Live high-availability redundancy, the address is the address of the VIP. This VIP is set up when you configured for high-availability redundancy, as described in the [AWS Elemental Conductor Live Configuration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elemental-cl3/latest/configguide/). 
     + If your Conductor Live cluster is *not* set up with Conductor Live redundancy, use the IP address of the Conductor Live to set it up. 
   + Your user credentials, if the cluster is set up for user login.
   + Whether the cluster is set up for worker redundancy.

1. On a web browser, enter the IP address that you obtained.
**Warning**  
In a high-availability deployment, you must always access the web interface from the VIP. It is possible to access it from the primary Conductor Live, but, when a failover occurs, problems occur. 

1. If the **Login** dialog appears, enter your user credentials.

The Conductor Live web interface appears. The Conductor Live main menu contains these menu items:
+ **Channels**: Lets you create and work with channels that are on an Elemental Live node in the cluster.
+ **Profiles**: Lets you create and work with profiles that are on an Elemental Live node in the cluster.
+ **MPTS**: Lets you create and work with MPTSes (MPTS outputs) that are on an Elemental Statmux node in the cluster.
+ **Status**: Lets you monitor activity on all the nodes in the cluster.
+ **Cluster**: Lets you set up the cluster and set up redundancy groups in the cluster.
+ **Settings**: Lets you configure hardware components (such as network cards) on the Conductor Live node, and configure the Conductor Live software. 

## Viewing Conductor Live configuration information
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On the Conductor Live web interface, choose the **Globe **icon at the top right of the page. A drop-down menu appears showing system information:
+ If redundancy is enabled on the cluster, the information includes the following:
  + The term **High Availability Enabled**.
  + The hostname beside the **Globe** icon shows the hostname of the Conductor Live that is currently the primary Conductor Live. 
  + The **VIP** field shows the IP address of the VIP. This address does not match either the primary or the backup Conductor Live node.
+ If redundancy is not enabled, the information appears as:

  The hostname beside the **Globe** icon shows the hostname of the Conductor Live.

  The **IP** field shows the IP address of the Conductor Live node.

For more information about Conductor Live redundancy, see [Conductor Live node redundancy](redundancy-cl3.md).