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2 | Graphical User Interface |
3 | ======================== | |
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4 | ifndef::manvolnum[] |
5 | :pve-toplevel: | |
6 | endif::manvolnum[] | |
c5eadcbd | 7 | |
813e4036 | 8 | {pve} is simple. There is no need to install a separate management |
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9 | tool, and everything can be done through your web browser (Latest |
10 | Firefox or Google Chrome is preferred). A built-in HTML5 console is | |
11 | used to access the guest console. As an alternative, | |
12 | https://www.spice-space.org/[SPICE] can be used. | |
c5eadcbd | 13 | |
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14 | Because we use the Proxmox cluster file system (pmxcfs), you can |
15 | connect to any node to manage the entire cluster. Each node can manage | |
16 | the entire cluster. There is no need for a dedicated manager node. | |
c5eadcbd | 17 | |
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18 | You can use the web-based administration interface with any modern |
19 | browser. When {pve} detects that you are connecting from a mobile | |
20 | device, you are redirected to a simpler, touch-based user interface. | |
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21 | |
22 | The web interface can be reached via https://youripaddress:8006 | |
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23 | (default login is: 'root', and the password is specified during the |
24 | installation process). | |
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25 | |
26 | ||
813e4036 | 27 | Features |
4736f1bc | 28 | -------- |
c5eadcbd | 29 | |
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30 | * Seamless integration and management of {pve} clusters |
31 | ||
c5eadcbd | 32 | * AJAX technologies for dynamic updates of resources |
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33 | |
34 | * Secure access to all Virtual Machines and Containers via SSL | |
35 | encryption (https) | |
36 | ||
37 | * Fast search-driven interface, capable of handling hundreds and | |
38 | probably thousands of VMs | |
39 | ||
c5eadcbd | 40 | * Secure HTML5 console or SPICE |
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41 | |
42 | * Role based permission management for all objects (VMs, storages, | |
43 | nodes, etc.) | |
44 | ||
45 | * Support for multiple authentication sources (e.g. local, MS ADS, | |
46 | LDAP, ...) | |
47 | ||
48 | * Two-Factor Authentication (OATH, Yubikey) | |
49 | ||
08d5f7aa | 50 | * Based on ExtJS 7.x JavaScript framework |
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51 | |
52 | ||
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53 | Login |
54 | ----- | |
55 | ||
1ff5e4e8 | 56 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-login-window.png"] |
5948aa79 | 57 | |
470d4313 | 58 | When you connect to the server, you will first see the login window. |
5948aa79 | 59 | {pve} supports various authentication backends ('Realm'), and |
470d4313 | 60 | you can select the language here. The GUI is translated to more |
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61 | than 20 languages. |
62 | ||
ee687744 | 63 | NOTE: You can save the user name on the client side by selecting the |
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64 | checkbox at the bottom. This saves some typing when you login next |
65 | time. | |
66 | ||
67 | ||
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68 | GUI Overview |
69 | ------------ | |
c5eadcbd | 70 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 71 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-summary.png"] |
c5eadcbd | 72 | |
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73 | The {pve} user interface consists of four regions. |
74 | ||
75 | [horizontal] | |
76 | ||
77 | Header:: On top. Shows status information and contains buttons for | |
78 | most important actions. | |
79 | ||
80 | Resource Tree:: At the left side. A navigation tree where you can select | |
81 | specific objects. | |
82 | ||
ee687744 | 83 | Content Panel:: Center region. Selected objects display configuration |
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84 | options and status here. |
85 | ||
86 | Log Panel:: At the bottom. Displays log entries for recent tasks. You | |
87 | can double-click on those log entries to get more details, or to abort | |
88 | a running task. | |
89 | ||
90 | NOTE: You can shrink and expand the size of the resource tree and log | |
91 | panel, or completely hide the log panel. This can be helpful when you | |
92 | work on small displays and want more space to view other content. | |
93 | ||
94 | ||
95 | Header | |
96 | ~~~~~~ | |
97 | ||
98 | On the top left side, the first thing you see is the Proxmox | |
99 | logo. Next to it is the current running version of {pve}. In the | |
100 | search bar nearside you can search for specific objects (VMs, | |
101 | containers, nodes, ...). This is sometimes faster than selecting an | |
102 | object in the resource tree. | |
98c2ef68 | 103 | |
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104 | To the right of the search bar we see the identity (login name). The |
105 | gear symbol is a button opening the 'My Settings' dialog. There you | |
106 | can customize some client side user interface setting (reset the saved | |
107 | login name, reset saved layout). | |
108 | ||
109 | The rightmost part of the header contains four buttons: | |
110 | ||
111 | [horizontal] | |
470d4313 | 112 | Help :: Opens a new browser window showing the reference documentation. |
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113 | |
114 | Create VM :: Opens the virtual machine creation wizard. | |
115 | ||
116 | Create CT :: Open the container creation wizard. | |
117 | ||
118 | Logout :: Logout, and show the login dialog again. | |
119 | ||
120 | ||
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121 | [[gui_my_settings]] |
122 | My Settings | |
123 | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
124 | ||
125 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-my-settings.png"] | |
126 | ||
127 | The 'My Settings' window allows you to set locally stored settings. These | |
128 | include the 'Dashboard Storages' which allow you to enable or disable specific | |
129 | storages to be counted towards the total amount visible in the datacenter | |
130 | summary. If no storage is checked the total is the sum of all storages, same | |
131 | as enabling every single one. | |
132 | ||
133 | Below the dashboard settings you find the stored user name and a button to | |
134 | clear it as well as a button to reset every layout in the GUI to its default. | |
135 | ||
136 | On the right side there are 'xterm.js Settings'. These contain the following | |
137 | options: | |
138 | ||
139 | [horizontal] | |
140 | Font-Family :: The font to be used in xterm.js (e.g. Arial). | |
141 | ||
142 | Font-Size :: The preferred font size to be used. | |
143 | ||
144 | Letter Spacing :: Increases or decreases spacing between letters in text. | |
145 | ||
146 | Line Height :: Specify the absolute height of a line. | |
147 | ||
148 | ||
149 | ||
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150 | Resource Tree |
151 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
152 | ||
153 | This is the main navigation tree. On top of the tree you can select | |
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154 | some predefined views, which change the structure of the tree |
155 | below. The default view is the *Server View*, and it shows the following | |
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156 | object types: |
157 | ||
158 | [horizontal] | |
60ed554f | 159 | Datacenter:: Contains cluster-wide settings (relevant for all nodes). |
5948aa79 | 160 | |
60ed554f | 161 | Node:: Represents the hosts inside a cluster, where the guests run. |
98c2ef68 | 162 | |
60ed554f | 163 | Guest:: VMs, containers and templates. |
c5eadcbd | 164 | |
5948aa79 | 165 | Storage:: Data Storage. |
c5eadcbd | 166 | |
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167 | Pool:: It is possible to group guests using a pool to simplify |
168 | management. | |
169 | ||
170 | ||
171 | The following view types are available: | |
172 | ||
173 | [horizontal] | |
60ed554f | 174 | Server View:: Shows all kinds of objects, grouped by nodes. |
5948aa79 | 175 | |
60ed554f | 176 | Folder View:: Shows all kinds of objects, grouped by object type. |
5948aa79 | 177 | |
60ed554f | 178 | Storage View:: Only shows storage objects, grouped by nodes. |
5948aa79 | 179 | |
60ed554f | 180 | Pool View:: Show VMs and containers, grouped by pool. |
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181 | |
182 | ||
183 | Log Panel | |
184 | ~~~~~~~~~ | |
185 | ||
186 | The main purpose of the log panel is to show you what is currently | |
187 | going on in your cluster. Actions like creating an new VM are executed | |
60ed554f | 188 | in the background, and we call such a background job a 'task'. |
5948aa79 | 189 | |
60ed554f | 190 | Any output from such a task is saved into a separate log file. You can |
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191 | view that log by simply double-click a task log entry. It is also |
192 | possible to abort a running task there. | |
193 | ||
60ed554f | 194 | Please note that we display the most recent tasks from all cluster nodes |
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195 | here. So you can see when somebody else is working on another cluster |
196 | node in real-time. | |
197 | ||
198 | NOTE: We remove older and finished task from the log panel to keep | |
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199 | that list short. But you can still find those tasks within the node panel in the |
200 | 'Task History'. | |
5948aa79 | 201 | |
60ed554f | 202 | Some short-running actions simply send logs to all cluster |
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203 | members. You can see those messages in the 'Cluster log' panel. |
204 | ||
205 | ||
206 | Content Panels | |
207 | -------------- | |
208 | ||
60ed554f | 209 | When you select an item from the resource tree, the corresponding |
5948aa79 | 210 | object displays configuration and status information in the content |
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211 | panel. The following sections provide a brief overview of this |
212 | functionality. Please refer to the corresponding chapters in the | |
470d4313 | 213 | reference documentation to get more detailed information. |
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214 | |
215 | ||
216 | Datacenter | |
217 | ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
1a497fa7 | 218 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 219 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-search.png"] |
f9c4114c | 220 | |
60ed554f | 221 | On the datacenter level, you can access cluster-wide settings and information. |
1a497fa7 | 222 | |
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223 | * *Search:* perform a cluster-wide search for nodes, VMs, containers, storage |
224 | devices, and pools. | |
1a497fa7 | 225 | |
60ed554f | 226 | * *Summary:* gives a brief overview of the cluster's health and resource usage. |
1a497fa7 | 227 | |
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228 | * *Cluster:* provides the functionality and information necessary to create or |
229 | join a cluster. | |
5fd107e5 | 230 | |
60ed554f | 231 | * *Options:* view and manage cluster-wide default settings. |
1a497fa7 | 232 | |
60ed554f | 233 | * *Storage:* provides an interface for managing cluster storage. |
1a497fa7 | 234 | |
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235 | * *Backup:* schedule backup jobs. This operates cluster wide, so it doesn't |
236 | matter where the VMs/containers are on your cluster when scheduling. | |
1a497fa7 | 237 | |
60ed554f | 238 | * *Replication:* view and manage replication jobs. |
5fd107e5 | 239 | |
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240 | * *Permissions:* manage user, group, and API token permissions, and LDAP, |
241 | MS-AD and Two-Factor authentication. | |
1a497fa7 | 242 | |
60ed554f | 243 | * *HA:* manage {pve} High Availability. |
1a497fa7 | 244 | |
60ed554f | 245 | * *ACME:* set up ACME (Let's Encrypt) certificates for server nodes. |
1a497fa7 | 246 | |
60ed554f | 247 | * *Firewall:* configure and make templates for the Proxmox Firewall cluster wide. |
1a497fa7 | 248 | |
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249 | * *Metric Server:* define external metric servers for {pve}. |
250 | ||
251 | * *Support:* display information about your support subscription. | |
1a497fa7 | 252 | |
c8a14dea | 253 | |
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254 | Nodes |
255 | ~~~~~ | |
c8a14dea | 256 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 257 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-node-summary.png"] |
c8a14dea | 258 | |
60ed554f | 259 | Nodes in your cluster can be managed individually at this level. |
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260 | |
261 | The top header has useful buttons such as 'Reboot', 'Shutdown', 'Shell', | |
262 | 'Bulk Actions' and 'Help'. | |
263 | 'Shell' has the options 'noVNC', 'SPICE' and 'xterm.js'. | |
3b457309 | 264 | 'Bulk Actions' has the options 'Bulk Start', 'Bulk Shutdown' and 'Bulk Migrate'. |
c8a14dea | 265 | |
60ed554f | 266 | * *Search:* search a node for VMs, containers, storage devices, and pools. |
c8a14dea | 267 | |
60ed554f | 268 | * *Summary:* display a brief overview of the node's resource usage. |
c8a14dea | 269 | |
774366c3 | 270 | * *Notes:* write custom comments in xref:markdown_basics[Markdown syntax]. |
5fd107e5 | 271 | |
60ed554f | 272 | * *Shell:* access to a shell interface for the node. |
c8a14dea | 273 | |
60ed554f | 274 | * *System:* configure network, DNS and time settings, and access the syslog. |
c8a14dea | 275 | |
60ed554f | 276 | * *Updates:* upgrade the system and see the available new packages. |
c8a14dea | 277 | |
60ed554f | 278 | * *Firewall:* manage the Proxmox Firewall for a specific node. |
c8a14dea | 279 | |
60ed554f | 280 | * *Disks:* get an overview of the attached disks, and manage how they are used. |
c8a14dea | 281 | |
bc7e0c70 | 282 | * *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph server on your |
60ed554f | 283 | host. In this case, you can manage your Ceph cluster and see the status |
7ec90af3 | 284 | of it here. |
c8a14dea | 285 | |
60ed554f | 286 | * *Replication:* view and manage replication jobs. |
5fd107e5 | 287 | |
60ed554f | 288 | * *Task History:* see a list of past tasks. |
c8a14dea | 289 | |
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290 | * *Subscription:* upload a subscription key, and generate a system report for |
291 | use in support cases. | |
c8a14dea | 292 | |
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293 | |
294 | Guests | |
295 | ~~~~~~ | |
34ee078e | 296 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 297 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-qemu-summary.png"] |
34ee078e | 298 | |
3b652d4e | 299 | There are two different kinds of guests and both can be converted to a template. |
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300 | One of them is a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and the other is a Linux Container (LXC). |
301 | Navigation for these are mostly the same; only some options are different. | |
34ee078e | 302 | |
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303 | To access the various guest management interfaces, select a VM or container from |
304 | the menu on the left. | |
34ee078e | 305 | |
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306 | The header contains commands for items such as power management, migration, |
307 | console access and type, cloning, HA, and help. | |
308 | Some of these buttons contain drop-down menus, for example, 'Shutdown' also contains | |
309 | other power options, and 'Console' contains the different console types: | |
310 | 'SPICE', 'noVNC' and 'xterm.js'. | |
34ee078e | 311 | |
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312 | The panel on the right contains an interface for whatever item is selected from |
313 | the menu on the left. | |
34ee078e | 314 | |
60ed554f | 315 | The available interfaces are as follows. |
34ee078e | 316 | |
e42f9e41 | 317 | * *Summary:* provides a brief overview of the VM's activity and a `Notes` field |
774366c3 | 318 | for xref:markdown_basics[Markdown syntax] comments. |
34ee078e | 319 | |
60ed554f | 320 | * *Console:* access to an interactive console for the VM/container. |
34ee078e | 321 | |
60ed554f | 322 | * *(KVM)Hardware:* define the hardware available to the KVM VM. |
34ee078e | 323 | |
60ed554f | 324 | * *(LXC)Resources:* define the system resources available to the LXC. |
34ee078e | 325 | |
60ed554f | 326 | * *(LXC)Network:* configure a container's network settings. |
34ee078e | 327 | |
60ed554f | 328 | * *(LXC)DNS:* configure a container's DNS settings. |
34ee078e | 329 | |
60ed554f | 330 | * *Options:* manage guest options. |
34ee078e | 331 | |
60ed554f | 332 | * *Task History:* view all previous tasks related to the selected guest. |
34ee078e | 333 | |
60ed554f | 334 | * *(KVM) Monitor:* an interactive communication interface to the KVM process. |
34ee078e | 335 | |
60ed554f | 336 | * *Backup:* create and restore system backups. |
34ee078e | 337 | |
60ed554f | 338 | * *Replication:* view and manage the replication jobs for the selected guest. |
f423ae95 | 339 | |
60ed554f | 340 | * *Snapshots:* create and restore VM snapshots. |
34ee078e | 341 | |
60ed554f | 342 | * *Firewall:* configure the firewall on the VM level. |
34ee078e | 343 | |
60ed554f | 344 | * *Permissions:* manage permissions for the selected guest. |
34ee078e | 345 | |
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346 | |
347 | Storage | |
348 | ~~~~~~~ | |
b83fcf1e | 349 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 350 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-storage-summary-local.png"] |
b83fcf1e | 351 | |
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352 | As with the guest interface, the interface for storage consists of a menu on the |
353 | left for certain storage elements and an interface on the right to manage | |
354 | these elements. | |
355 | ||
57298d28 | 356 | In this view we have a two partition split-view. |
b83fcf1e | 357 | On the left side we have the storage options |
bc7e0c70 | 358 | and on the right side the content of the selected option will be shown. |
b83fcf1e | 359 | |
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360 | * *Summary:* shows important information about the storage, such as the type, |
361 | usage, and content which it stores. | |
b83fcf1e | 362 | |
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363 | * *Content:* a menu item for each content type which the storage |
364 | stores, for example, Backups, ISO Images, CT Templates. | |
b83fcf1e | 365 | |
60ed554f | 366 | * *Permissions:* manage permissions for the storage. |
b83fcf1e | 367 | |
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368 | |
369 | Pools | |
370 | ~~~~~ | |
871feac6 | 371 | |
1ff5e4e8 | 372 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-pool-summary-development.png"] |
871feac6 | 373 | |
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374 | Again, the pools view comprises two partitions: a menu on the left, |
375 | and the corresponding interfaces for each menu item on the right. | |
871feac6 | 376 | |
60ed554f | 377 | * *Summary:* shows a description of the pool. |
871feac6 | 378 | |
60ed554f | 379 | * *Members:* display and manage pool members (guests and storage). |
871feac6 | 380 | |
60ed554f | 381 | * *Permissions:* manage the permissions for the pool. |
871feac6 | 382 | |
5948aa79 | 383 | |
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384 | Tags |
385 | ---- | |
386 | ||
387 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-qemu-summary-tags-edit.png", float="left"] | |
388 | ||
389 | For organizational purposes, it is possible to set `tags` on guests. These have | |
390 | currently only informational value and they are display by default in the gui | |
391 | in two places, the `Resource Tree` and in the status line when a guest is | |
392 | selected. | |
393 | ||
394 | They can be added, edited and removed in that status line of the guest by | |
395 | clicking on the `pencil` icon. After the tags have the desired values, you | |
396 | can click on the `check mark` button to apply the changes, or click the | |
397 | `X` button to cancel you editing. | |
398 | ||
399 | The tags can also be set via the CLI, where multiple tags are semi-colon | |
400 | separated, for example: | |
401 | ||
402 | ---- | |
403 | # qm set ID --tags myfirsttag;mysecondtag | |
404 | ---- | |
405 | ||
406 | Styling | |
407 | ~~~~~~~ | |
408 | ||
409 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-tag-style.png"] | |
410 | ||
411 | To adapt to various use cases and preferences, there are some options in the | |
412 | datacenter configuration that helps an admin control the behaviour and style | |
413 | of tags, such as the colors, ordering, and basic permission settings. | |
414 | ||
415 | ||
416 | By default the tag colors are derived from their text in a deterministic way, | |
417 | but can be overridden in the datacenter configuration (The background color as | |
418 | well as the text color) as hexadecimal RGB values. You can also set these | |
419 | overrides via the CLI, for example: | |
420 | ||
421 | ---- | |
422 | # pvesh set /cluster/options --tag-style color-map=example:000000:FFFFFF | |
423 | ---- | |
424 | ||
425 | Sets the background color of the tag `example` to black (#000000) and the text | |
426 | color to white (#FFFFFF). | |
427 | ||
428 | You can also change the style of the tags in the tree and if the tags should | |
429 | be alphabetically sorted (the default) or should retain their order from the | |
430 | guest configuration. | |
431 | ||
432 | Permissions | |
433 | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
434 | ||
435 | [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-options.png"] | |
436 | ||
437 | By default, users with the privilege `VM.Config.Options` on a guest (`/vms/ID`) | |
438 | can set any tags they want. If you want to restrict this behaviour, it is | |
439 | possible to set various modes via the datacenter configuration: | |
440 | ||
441 | * a list of allowed tags | |
442 | * existing tags | |
443 | * no tags at all | |
444 | ||
445 | Note that a user with `Sys.Modify` on `/` is always able to set or delete | |
446 | any tags, regardless of the settings here. Additionally, there is a configurable | |
447 | list of `registered tags` which will also require the privilege `Sys.Modify` | |
448 | on `/` to be added or removed independent of the mode. | |
449 | ||
450 | For more details on the exact options, see the | |
451 | xref:datacenter_configuration_file[Datacenter Configuration]. | |
452 | ||
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453 | ifdef::wiki[] |
454 | ||
455 | See Also | |
4736f1bc | 456 | -------- |
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457 | |
458 | * link:/wiki/Central_Web-based_Management | |
459 | ||
460 | endif::wiki[] | |
813e4036 | 461 |