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Centreon UI

This part covers the configuration of the general options of the Centreon web interface.

Go to Administration > Parameters > Centreon UI.

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General options​

  • Directory indicates the directory where Centreon is installed
  • Centreon Web Directory field indicates the web directory on which Centreon is installed
  • Contacts & Contact groups method calculation allows to define how notification inheritance for hosts and services will be calculated.
  • Limit per page (default) field defines the number of objects displayed per Configuration page
  • Limit per page for Monitoring field defines the number of objects displayed per page in the Monitoring menu
  • Graph per page for Performances field defines the maximum number of displayed charts on Performance page
  • Number of elements loaded in select field defines the maximum number in select box
  • Sessions Expiration Time field, expressed in minutes, indicates the maximum session duration
  • Refresh Interval for statistics field, expressed in seconds, indicates the refreshment interval for the statistics page
  • Refresh Interval for monitoring field, expressed in seconds, indicates the refreshment interval for the objects on the monitoring page
  • Sort problems by field is used to choose how to sort the incidents in the Monitoring menu
  • Order sort problems field indicates the display order for incidents, by rising or falling order of gravity
  • Display downtime and acknowledgment on chart allows to display downtime and acknowledgment on chart
  • Display comment on chart allows to display comment from service on chart
  • Timezone field indicates timezone of your monitoring server.
  • Centreon Support Email field indicates the e-mail address of the Customer’s service support centre for the Centreon platform. This e-mail address will be displayed at the bottom of the page on the link Centreon Support
  • Send anonymous statistics box defines wether or not the platform will send anonymous information for the Centreon Customer Experience Improvement

Proxy configuration​

The proxy configuration is mandatory to use Centreon IT Edition.

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Define needed information:

  • Proxy URL
  • Proxy port
  • Proxy user
  • Proxy password

Once you defined settings, test your configuration by clicking on the Test Internet Connection button.

To validate the configuration, click on the Test Internet Connection button. If the message Connection Successful appears, your configuration is valid, otherwise modify your parameters.

Autologin​

  • Enable Autologin box authorizes the users to log into the web interface via the autologin mechanism
  • Display Autologin shortcut box serves to display the connection short-cut at the top right

SSO​

  • Enable SSO authentication allows to enable or disable SSO authentication.
  • SSO mode field indicates if the authentication should take place only by SSO or using local authentication as well (Mixed). The mixed mode requires trusted client addresses.
  • SSO trusted client addresses field indicates which are the IP/DNS of the trusted clients (corresponding to the reverse proxy) for SSO. The trusted clients are separated by comas.
  • SSO blacklist client addresses field indicates which are the IP/DNS rejected.
  • SSO login header field indicates the variables of the header that will be used as a login / pseudo (i.e HTTP_AUTH_USER).
  • SSO pattern matching login field indicates the pattern to search for in the username.
  • SSO pattern replace login field indicates the replace string.

SSO feature is only to be enabled in a secured and dedicated environment for SSO. Direct access to Centreon UI from users have to be disabled.

Keycloak SSO​

To use Keycloak SSO login, you need an external Keycloak server.

  • Enable Keycloak authentication allows to enable or disable Keycloak authentication.
  • Keycloak mode field indicates if the authentication should take place only by Keycloak or using local authentication as well (Mixed). The mixed mode requires trusted client addresses.
  • Keycloak trusted client addresses field indicates which are the IP/DNS of the trusted clients (corresponding to the reverse proxy) for Keycloak. The trusted clients are separated by comas.
  • Keycloak blacklist client addresses field indicates which are the IP/DNS rejected.
  • Keycloak Server Url field defined the Keycloack server URL (with /auth).
  • Keycloak Redirect Url field defined the Keycloack redirect URL (Centreon server).
  • Keycloak Client Realm field defined the Keycloack realm name.
  • Keycloak Client ID field defined the Keycloack client ID.
  • Keycloak Client Secret field defined the Keycloack client secret.

For more information, please refer to standard Keycloak documentation.