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Setting up the dashboard
Accessing the settings
The ‘Settings’ page allows administrators access to the Dashboards settings, such as SMTP server, LDAP/AD details and licensing information.
Under the
Configurationmenu, selectSettingsChange a section’s settings, then click the
SavebuttonRepeat this for each section you wish to change
Available settings
Basic Settings
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Customer name | Name of customer/administrator |
Customer site location | Location of cluster |
Customer support email | E-mail address that tickets will come from when sent to the support system |
Cluster Information
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Cluster name | The name of the cluster, shown on the Dashboard |
Cluster node count | Number of nodes in the cluster |
Authentication
Domain authentication information is no longer required to list Active Directory users, as this is gathered with the credentials used when the system was set up.
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Local users | Loads local users/groups into the user/groups list if enabled |
Ignore domain users & groups in PAM | For legacy systems that use the old method for gathering AD users |
Enable UID/GID filtering | Enable to filter UIDs and GIDs when collecting users and groups |
UID range | Set the UID range to collect users from |
GID range | Set the GID range to collect groups from |
Alerts
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Server address | The FQDN or IP for a SMTP server to use for sending support requests |
Server port | The port to use for sending via SMTP |
Username | The username/email to authenticate with when sending via the SMTP server. Leave blank if no authentication is used. |
Password | The password to authenticate with when sending via the SMTP server. Leave blank if no authentication is used |
TLS/SSL | Use TLS/SSL when establishing connection to mail server |
Alert recipients | The e-mail addresses that alerts will be sent to |
Automatically create support tickets on errors | When enabled, a ticket will be created in the event system enters a failed state |
Send status and performance stats to 7fivefive | Allows for remote monitoring of system vitals and status |
Dashboard Users
See the dashboard users section for more information.
Licensing
See the licensing section for more information.