Sites¶

A site is a physical or cloud based pixstor server managed by Hub.

Filtering Sites¶

To filter for a site within the list of sites enter a keyword in the Search for...

The displayed sites is limited to the sites which match the keyword(s).

The Site Card¶

Each site is displayed as a site card.

A Site is displayed as a card in the Sites view.

A Site Card comprises:

Site Name¶

Displays the designated friendly name of the site with the Ngenea site chip

Site Summary¶

The site summary displays high level totals for the number of files and folders present, the Ngenea hydrated and dehydrated states and the number of Spaces the site hosts.

Alert Types¶

Numbered filter buttons display the count of each type of Alert for the Site.

Select a button to open the Alerts for the Site, filtered for the specific Alert type.

Click the All alerts button to view all alerts

Click the Critical alerts button to filter for all Critical alerts

Click the Warning alerts button to filter for all Warning alerts

Click the Info alerts button to filter for all Info alerts

Storage Info¶

Click the Storage info button to open the Storage Info browser for the Site.

Site Metrics¶

Click the Metrics button to open the pixstor nexus site metrics in a new browser tab.

Site Analytics¶

Click the Analytics button to open the pixstor nexus site analytics in a new browser tab.

Site Alerts¶

Click the Alerts button to open the Alerts for the Site.

Bandwidth Control¶

If bandwidth control has been enabled by a Hub Administrator with CLI access, the bandwidth of a site can be limited to a defined value. The current value is observed on the bandwidth limit button.

Click the bandwidth limit button to display the bandwidth control dialog.

The bandwidth control dialog allows limiting the bandwidth of a site to a defined value. Enter the limit in Megabits per second (Mbps) and press Save to apply the limit.

Hint

If the bandwith for a site has been inadvertently set do not press the Save button, instead click off the Bandwith limit dialog to the main area of the screen.

Important

This function can only be performed by a Hub Administrator.

Settings¶

Important

This function can only be performed by a Hub Administrator.

Click the site’s Settings button to display a dialog to configure the selected site.

Modify the Site settings as required. Refer to Adding a Site for settings guidance.

Pool Space¶

One or more pixstor storage pools which comprise the pixstor file system are represented.

Hovering over the pool percentage bar provides the remaining capacity for the pool.

Adding a Site¶

Add Site Wizard¶

Hub allows remote configuration of all participating pixstor sites.

New sites are automatically joined to Hub awaiting optional configuration via the Site Wizard.

Navigating the Wizard¶

Click the close button to exit the wizard. Changes are not saved.

Click the Next button to advance to the next page of the wizard. The Next button is disabled until all required page elements are completed.

Click the Go Back button to return to the previous wizard page.

Click the Finish & Create button to apply the changes displayed on the wizard summary page.

Add Site¶

Click the Add site button to display a dialog to configure the selected site.

Important

This function can only be performed by a Hub Administrator.

Pick site to configure¶

Sites which have been automatically registered to Hub but not yet configured are shown:

Select a site to configure

Click the Configure this new site button to proceed

Site Name¶

Provide a friendly name for the Site
Provide a 3 character short code for the site. The shortcode is displayed as the label on the Site's chip. E.G. LDN for London
Specify whether the site is on-premise or a pixstor cloud deployment. Each site type provides different Network Setting options.
Provide the URL IP or FQDN which refers to the pixstor management node of the Site
Select a colour for the Site chip

Network Settings (On premise)¶

Add the required IP address or network range and specify a valid CIDR mask to apply the restriction
Specify a gateway, if required
Select the server(s) and interface(s) of the server where the IP range will be configured

Click the Add IP range button to add additional restrictions

Click Create another group to add additional IP range to interface mapping groups

Click the delete button to remove an IP range or Interface group

Network Settings (Cloud & General)¶

pixstor cloud systems use predefined network architectures.

Unlike on-premise pixstor systems there is no requirement to create IP ranges or interface groups. IP addressing is externally managed by the cloud / virtual environment.

Both on-premise and cloud systems share common network configuration for DNS, Timezone and NTP.

Add Site Wizard Network Settings (Cloud)

Specify the IP address or FQDN hostname of one or more DNS servers
Specify one or more DNS search domains
Specify the Timezone in which the server resides, or will participate in
Specify the IP address or FQDN hostname of one or more DNS servers

Hint

If the pixstor site will be joined to an external Identify Mapping service such as Active Directory or LDAP, best practice is to ensure that the DNS and NTP servers match those of the service, or point at the service hosted DNS and NTP if it provides such capabilities. Should the pixstor become out of time sync with the Identify Mapping service login failures can occur.

Backup¶

pixstor provides the capability to backup data within a Space on a per-Site basis to specific Ngenea Targets.

Hub enables configuration to be set for the Ngenea Backup service running on pixstor sites.

If the Site is enabled to participate in backups, each Space requires additional configuration to enable the per-Space backup.

For more information refer to Backups.

Determine the required frequency of the backup.

Choosing Mins or Hours will ensure that the schedule will run on the next interval set.

E.G: * 1 hour: The backup will run on the next hour (12.00, 13.00) * 15 mins: The backup will run on the next 15 minute interval past the hour (15, 30, 45, 00)

Space Wizard Backup Schedule Daily Weekly

Choosing Daily or Weekly allows the backup to be scheduled once per chosen day at a specific time of day.

Hint

The schedule time is in UTC+0. You may need to account for any timezone offset of the site when scheduling.

Optional tuning can be set for the backup operation in the Advanced Configuration.

Refer to the Ngenea Backup documention prior to applying any parameters.

Email SMTP Settings¶

pixstor provides the capability to notify an inbox if service issues arise.

Specify the SMTP configuration of an email server to which to send notification emails
Specify one or more valid email addresses to receive the notification emails

Identity Management¶

Specify the Identity Management mode as appropriate:

Mode	Description
Active Directory	pixstor uses RFC2307 compliant identity mapping with Active Directory
Standalone	pixstor generates local UIDs and GIDs mapped to Active Directory SIDs

Add Site Wizard Identity Domain Settings

Specify the Domain to join
Specify the Machine account name
Specify the ID range to map to
Specify whether to use DNS to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller or alternatively specify an IP address or hostname

Specify a valid username and password with domain join capability

Summary¶

Upon completing the wizard steps a summary is presented:

Click the Finish & Create button to apply the changes displayed on the wizard summary page.

Alternatively Go back and change the proposed configuration as required or close the wizard to cancel the creation of the Ngenea target.