6. Settings
License, certificates, time, Active Directory, e-mail, syslog, security and database settings.
Administration → Settings holds the server-wide configuration: the directory connection, log forwarding, mail delivery, the console security policy, certificates, audit retention, the licence and the time zone. Each area is a sub-tab in the bar at the top of the page:
Active Directory · Syslog · Email (SMTP) · Security · Certificate · Database · License · Time
The page remembers the last sub-tab you opened (per browser). Every sub-tab has a ? help panel on the right of the tab bar.
In this topic
- 6.1 Recommended
order of first-time configuration
After installation, sign in with the generated initial administrator password. The console first makes you choose your own password (Chapter 7.4), then locks to Settings → License until a licence is installed.…
- 6.2 License
Administration → Settings → License. Shows the state of the installed licence, the Installation ID that a licence is bound to, and the form to install a licence file. A valid licence is always required; there is no…
- 6.3 Certificate
Administration → Settings → Certificate. Manages the two TLS certificates the server presents. They are completely independent; changing one never affects the other.
- 6.4 Time
Administration → Settings → Time. Sets the time zone used for every displayed time and every schedule, and an NTP server against which the server clock is monitored.
- 6.5 Active Directory
Administration → Settings → Active Directory. Connects Ada to Active Directory over LDAPS. The connection is used for three things: console sign-in with AD accounts, live search of AD groups/users/computers in the…
- 6.6 Email (SMTP)
Administration → Settings → Email (SMTP). Defines the one SMTP server Ada uses to send mail, and the default alert recipients.
- 6.7 Syslog
Administration → Settings → Syslog. Forwards Ada’s logs to one or more syslog servers (SIEM). Forwarding is independent of the Alerts page: every audit record is forwarded to each matching server, whether or not an…
- 6.8 Security
Administration → Settings → Security. The console security policy: lock-out, network restrictions, sign-in notice, local account use, password re-confirmation, sessions, local password rules, agent enrolment and two…
- 6.9 Database
Administration → Settings → Database. Controls how long audit records are kept, when old records are purged, and the automatic removal of long-offline agents.