From 037789243b3be6dd4843fae25e256c1e53b1c31c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noel Ullreich Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:20:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] updated tags docs updated the tags doc with slight rephrasing, corrected grammar, and fixed typos. Signed-off-by: Noel Ullreich Reviewed-by: Stefan Sterz --- pve-gui.adoc | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/pve-gui.adoc b/pve-gui.adoc index b607584..e0fc873 100644 --- a/pve-gui.adoc +++ b/pve-gui.adoc @@ -384,68 +384,67 @@ Tags [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-qemu-summary-tags-edit.png", float="left"] -For organizational purposes, it is possible to set `tags` on guests. These have -currently only informational value and they are display by default in the gui -in two places, the `Resource Tree` and in the status line when a guest is -selected. +For organizational purposes, it is possible to set `tags` for guests. +Currently, these only provide informational value to users. +Tags are displayed in two places in the web interface: in the `Resource Tree` and +in the status line when a guest is selected. -They can be added, edited and removed in that status line of the guest by -clicking on the `pencil` icon. After the tags have the desired values, you -can click on the `check mark` button to apply the changes, or click the -`X` button to cancel you editing. +Tags can be added, edited, and removed in the status line of the guest by +clicking on the `pencil` icon. You can add multiple tags by pressing the `+` +button and remove them by pressing the `-` button. To save or cancel the changes, +you can use the `✓` and `x` button respectively. -The tags can also be set via the CLI, where multiple tags are semi-colon -separated, for example: +Tags can also be set via the CLI, where multiple tags are separated by semicolons. +For example: ---- # qm set ID --tags myfirsttag;mysecondtag ---- -Styling -~~~~~~~ +Style Configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-tag-style.png"] -To adapt to various use cases and preferences, there are some options in the -datacenter configuration that helps an admin control the behaviour and style -of tags, such as the colors, ordering, and basic permission settings. - - -By default the tag colors are derived from their text in a deterministic way, -but can be overridden in the datacenter configuration (The background color as -well as the text color) as hexadecimal RGB values. You can also set these -overrides via the CLI, for example: +By default, the tag colors are derived from their text in a deterministic way. +The color, shape in the resource tree, and case-sensitivity, as well as how tags +are sorted, can be customized. This can be done via the web interface under +__Datacenter -> Options -> Tag Style Override__. Alternatively, this can be done +via the CLI. For example: ---- # pvesh set /cluster/options --tag-style color-map=example:000000:FFFFFF ---- -Sets the background color of the tag `example` to black (#000000) and the text +sets the background color of the tag `example` to black (#000000) and the text color to white (#FFFFFF). -You can also change the style of the tags in the tree and if the tags should -be alphabetically sorted (the default) or should retain their order from the -guest configuration. - Permissions ~~~~~~~~~~~ [thumbnail="screenshot/gui-datacenter-options.png"] By default, users with the privilege `VM.Config.Options` on a guest (`/vms/ID`) -can set any tags they want. If you want to restrict this behaviour, it is -possible to set various modes via the datacenter configuration: +can set any tags they want (see +xref:pveum_permission_management[Permission Management]). If you want to +restrict this behavior, appropriate permissions can be set under +__Datacenter -> Options -> User Tag Access__: + +* `free`: users are not restricted in setting tags (Default) +* `list`: users can set tags based on a predefined list of tags +* `existing`: like list but users can also use already existing tags +* `none`: users are restricted from using tags + +The same can also be done via the CLI. -* a list of allowed tags -* existing tags -* no tags at all +Note that a user with the `Sys.Modify` privileges on `/` is always able to set +or delete any tags, regardless of the settings here. Additionally, there is a +configurable list of `registered tags` which can only be added and removed by +users with the privilege `Sys.Modify` on `/`. The list of registered tags can be +edited under __Datacenter -> Options -> Registered Tags__ or via the CLI. -Note that a user with `Sys.Modify` on `/` is always able to set or delete -any tags, regardless of the settings here. Additionally, there is a configurable -list of `registered tags` which will also require the privilege `Sys.Modify` -on `/` to be added or removed independent of the mode. -For more details on the exact options, see the +For more details on the exact options and how to invoke them in the CLI, see xref:datacenter_configuration_file[Datacenter Configuration]. ifdef::wiki[] -- 2.39.2