Managing Settings

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Managing Settings

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In this chapter the various parameters and settings are discussed.

 

Note:   Setting variables are system defined. They cannot be created via the application.

 

To access the settings

 

1.   Select Settings from the Configuration menu. The following page is displayed.

 

    settings2

 

Note:   These are the settings that will be visible/editable by users (with special roles):

 

The table below summarizes the behavior of each of the parameter variables.

 

Settings Variable

Property

AD Accounts Location

Specifies AD Account's location

AD admin password

Entry for the AD Administrator's password

AD admin username

Entry for the AD Admin's username

AD Base DN

Specifies Base DN (Distinguished name)

AD Server

Name of the AD Server

AD Server Port

Specifies AD Server Port

AD Username Field

Specifies the Username field

data retention total warning limit (%)

The capacity of a storage that when passed will cause the system to start sending out warning notifications. Also older files 30 days older are deleted allowing space for newer files. Expressed as a percentage.

notification email SMTP host

The service that sends notification emails or alerts to the user or recipient.

security AD enabled

Enables/disables AD authorization. If enabled users are authenticated over AD before falling back to local database.

web export async row limit

Determines the maximum number of rows a table can have for it to be exported synchronously. The alternative is asynchronous download, which consists of emailing a user a download link once it is read.

web export async size limit (mb)

Determines the maximum total size files for them to be exported synchronously. The alternative is asynchronous download, which consists of emailing a user a download link once it is read.

web log viewer parse limit (mb)

Maximum size of logs to parse while doing a log raw search

web request_limit per user

Maximum concurrent "heavy" request per user (requiring many resouces, file parsing, searching etc.,)

 

2.   Double click the value field to modify the property of a setting variable if it is a value.