[thumbnail="gui-datacenter-summary.png"]
-The GUI has 3 sectors:
+The GUI has 3 sections:
-* On the left side is the navigation bar. The navigation bar is
- structured into 4 different types. It has 4 different views,
- which can be selected on the top.
+* On the left side is the navigation bar. On the top, you can select one of 4
+ views. Those views change the structure of the tree below. The default
+ selection is *Server View* and it has the following 4 types of elements.
** Datacenter: contains all the settings belonging to all machines.
** Nodes: represent the host where the VM/CT runs on. It is named like
the hostname. Normally the name was set by the installation.
-** Entity: can be a VM, container or a storage.
+** Entity: can be a VM, container, a template or a storage.
** Logical pools: it is possible to group entities to a group for easy management.
* On the right side is the main management center, where all content
of the selected entity form the navigation bar is shown.
[thumbnail="gui-datacenter-search.png"]
-On the datacenter level you can manage cluster wide settings and get
-information about this cluster.
+On the datacenter level you can access cluster wide settings and information.
* *Search:* it is possible to search anything in cluster
,this can be a node, VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
-* *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the cluster health.
+* *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the cluster health.
* *Options:* can show and set defaults, which apply cluster wide.
* *Search:* it is possible to search anything on the node,
this can be a VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
-* *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
+* *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
* *Shell:* log you in the shell of the node.
-* *System:* is for configuration like network, time and shows your syslog.
+* *System:* is for configuring the network, dns and time, and also shows your syslog.
-* *Updates:* will upgrade the system and inform you about new packets.
+* *Updates:* will upgrade the system and informs you about new packets.
* *Firewall:* on this level is only for this node.
* *Disk:* gives you an brief overview about you physical hard drives and
- how do you use them.
+ how they are used.
* *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph sever on you
- host. Then you can here manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
- of it.
+ host. Then you can manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
+ of it here.
* *Task History:* here all past task are shown.
* *Subscription:* here you can upload you subscription key and get a
system overview in case of a support case.
+VM Level
+--------
+
+[thumbnail="gui-qemu-summary.png"]
+
+There are two differed kinds of VM types and both types can be converted to a template.
+One of them are Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and the other one are Linux Containers (LXC).
+General the navigation are the same only some option are different.
+
+In the main management center the VM navigation begin if a VM is selected in the left tree.
+
+The top header contains important VM operation commands like 'Start', 'Shutdown', 'Rest',
+'Remove', 'Migrate', 'Console' and 'Help'.
+Two of them have hidden buttons like 'Shutdown' has 'Stop' and
+'Console' contains the different consolen typs 'SPICE' or 'noVNC'.
+
+On the right side the content switch white the focus of the option.
+
+On the left side.
+All available options are listed one below the other.
+
+* *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the VM activity.
+
+* *Console:* an interactive console to your VM.
+
+* *(KVM)Hardware:* shows and set the Hardware of the KVM VM.
+
+* *(LXC)Resources:* defines the LXC Hardware opportunities.
+
+* *(LXC)Network:* the LXC Network settings.
+
+* *(LXC)DNS:* the LXC DNS settings.
+
+* *Options:* all VM options can be set here, this distinguishes between KVM and LXC.
+
+* *Task History:* here all previous task from this VM will be shown.
+
+* *(KVM) Monitor:* is the interactive communication interface to the KVM process.
+
+* *Backup:* shows the available backups from this VM and also create a backupset.
+
+* *Snapshots:* manage VM snapshots.
+
+* *Firewall:* manage the firewall on VM level.
+
+* *Permissions:* manage the user permission for this VM.
+
+Storage Level
+-------------
+
+// insert storage summary pic
+
+In this view we have a two partition split view.
+On the left side we have the storage options
+and on the right side the content of the selected option will shown.
+
+* *Summary:* show you important information about your storage like
+'Usage', 'Type', 'Content', 'Active' and 'Enabled'.
+
+* *Content:* Here all contend will listed grouped by content.
+
+* *Permissions:* manage the user permission for this storage.
+
+Logical Pool Level
+------------------
+
+// insert pool member pic
+
+In this view we have a two partition split view.
+On the left side we have the logical pool options
+and on the right side the content of the selected option will shown.
+
+* *Summary:* show the description of the pool.
+
+* *Members:* Here all members of this pool will listed and can be managed.
+
+* *Permissions:* manage the user permission for this pool.
+
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See Also
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