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Cloud dialog

Use the Cloud dialog to create or edit a cloud configuration.

To display this dialog, on the Clouds tab:

  • click the Add Cloud button (btn_addCloud.png),
  • click the label of a cloud configuration item; or
  • click the Options button (Options_button.png) beside a cloud configuration item and select Edit.

The following options are available:

General

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Label — Enter a label for the cloud configuration. This will enable you to identify it in the list on the Clouds tab.

Name — Enter a name for the cloud configuration. The name must match the domain name or the cloud configuration will not be applied. For example, a cloud configuration with the name signage.example.com will be applied when accessing via http://signage.example.com.

Note: A DNS CNAME record must be created pointing to this server address to support new domain names.

Branding

The welcome logo, colour scheme, and favicon may all be customised and different default player applications, languages, and timezones configured.

Branding Tools

The following web sites can be used for creating compatible bootstrap 3 theme CSS.

Authentication

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The options on this tab enable you to control sign-ins and session management.

Require secure authentication (HTTPS) — When selected, this option forces using the administration interface or APIs over a secure communications channel. Authentication over an insecure (plain HTTP) channel will be actively blocked.

Allow anonymous users to register — When selected, this option shows an additional button on the sign in page to allow users to create their own user account.

Maximum session age — Enter the maximum session length (in hours) before a user is required to sign in again.

Max two factor age — Enter the maximum length of time (in hours) before additional login credentials are required again.

Password requirements

Password requirements can be configured to add additional security. Please note that an attempt to use any of the 100,000 most common passwords will trigger a warning to discourage the use of such passwords. The platform also includes various velocity checks that restricts more than 5 failed password attempts within a 10 minute window.

OAuth2 Providers

Sign in can delegate authentication to Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! OAuth2 providers. To enable this, a client ID and client secret must be configured for each.

Groups

Screens starting for the first time and new user registrations are assigned to the selected group. For this to work, the address of the server must match the cloud configuration name.

Defaults

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Click the +Add data button to add default data that will be applied to new User, Library, Sequence, or Screen items. These defaults will be added automatically when saving items, but will not override existing values.

Select a sequence to use as a base sequence for new end-user registrations. A base sequence provides default items for display and may impose restrictions on the sequences the user creates. For example, it may prevent the user overriding an item in slot 1 forcing the default to always display.

Access

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Grant additional users and user groups to access to the cloud configuration item and set the access level.

Users with access to this item

Enter a valid email address, select the permission level, then click Add.

  • Full — The user will have full access to the item.
  • Read only — The user can only view the item.

Users with access to these groups have access to this item

Enter a valid group name, select the permission level, then click Add.

  • Full — Users with access to the selected group have full access to the item.
  • Read only — Users with access to the selected group can view the item but not control it.
  • Low vis — Users with access to the selected group will not see the item displayed in the full list of items. This can help speed up performance when there are a lot of items. For more information see Low visibility access controls.

Click the Delete button (btn_delete.png) to remove a user or group from the cloud configuration item.

Data

Add custom data to the cloud configuration item.