Using the Web Interface - Revision history

Qadmin: Logging in: how to read the appliance's management URL off the text-mode/IPMI console banner, folded in from the retired Web Management (WUI) Guide (QSTOR-12352)

2026-09-04T05:33:30Z

Logging in: how to read the appliance's management URL off the text-mode/IPMI console banner, folded in from the retired Web Management (WUI) Guide (QSTOR-12352)

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	Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).		Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).

			'''On a freshly installed appliance, read the address off the console.''' The text-mode console login banner carries a '''Web Management Login''' section listing every configured IPv4 address as an <code>https://</code> URL, so the console -- or the same console reached over IPMI -- tells you where to point a browser before you have assigned an address deliberately. QuantaStor regenerates the banner each time it brings a network port up, so the addresses shown track the current configuration. The first port on a new install is configured by DHCP and the rest are disabled; convert them all to static addresses before you provision storage, and see [[Network Ports#Static vs DHCP assigned IP addresses\|Network Ports]] for why.

	'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account and the default password is just <code>password</code>. If you haven't changed the default password from <code>password</code> you can just press Enter to login and it will supply the default. If you have updated the admin password enter it now and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.		'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account and the default password is just <code>password</code>. If you haven't changed the default password from <code>password</code> you can just press Enter to login and it will supply the default. If you have updated the admin password enter it now and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.

Qadmin: link the Getting Started guide section at + Getting Started Overview, which now documents all twelve workflows (QSTOR-12352)

2026-09-04T03:45:14Z

link the Getting Started guide section at + Getting Started Overview, which now documents all twelve workflows (QSTOR-12352)

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	The left column groups the workflows -- '''Initial Setup''' ('''System Setup''', '''Storage Grid Setup''', '''Security Setup'''), '''Pool Setup''' (scale-up, and scale-out object, file and block), '''Provisioning Setup''' (file, block and object storage) and '''Misc Setup''' (remote replication, cloud integration). Picking one fills the right pane with numbered steps, each with the button that performs it and a paragraph explaining why. '''System Setup''' is where a new appliance starts: add a licence key, activate it, change the <code>admin</code> password, and optionally set up certificate templates.		The left column groups the workflows -- '''Initial Setup''' ('''System Setup''', '''Storage Grid Setup''', '''Security Setup'''), '''Pool Setup''' (scale-up, and scale-out object, file and block), '''Provisioning Setup''' (file, block and object storage) and '''Misc Setup''' (remote replication, cloud integration). Picking one fills the right pane with numbered steps, each with the button that performs it and a paragraph explaining why. '''System Setup''' is where a new appliance starts: add a licence key, activate it, change the <code>admin</code> password, and optionally set up certificate templates.

			[[+ Getting Started Overview]] walks all twelve workflows, says what each one achieves and in what order, and links every step to the guide page that documents the dialog behind it.

	== Related pages ==		== Related pages ==

Qadmin: /* Main tab bar */

2026-09-03T23:05:45Z

Main tab bar

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	[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]		[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]

	Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every [[Using_the_Web_Interface#Reading_a_Navigation_breadcrumb Navigation breadcrumb]] in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.		Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every [[Using_the_Web_Interface#Reading_a_Navigation_breadcrumb\|Navigation breadcrumb]] in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.

	The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].		The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].

Qadmin: /* Main tab bar */

2026-09-03T23:05:25Z

Main tab bar

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	[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]		[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]

	Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every 'Navigation:' breadcrumb in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.		Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every [[Using_the_Web_Interface#Reading_a_Navigation_breadcrumb Navigation breadcrumb]] in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.

	The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].		The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].

Qadmin: /* Main tab bar */

2026-09-03T23:00:40Z

Main tab bar

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	[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]		[[File:webui_region_maintabs.png\|thumb\|right\|800px\|The nine main tabs. The selected tab decides which tree sections and which toolbar groups appear below.]]

	Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every breadcrumb in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.		Nine main tabs run across the top. The tab you choose determines which sections appear in the tree and which groups appear in the toolbar, so it is the first step of every path through the interface -- which is why every 'Navigation:' breadcrumb in this guide starts with a main tab. See [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] for what each one covers.

	The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].		The set of tabs a given account sees can be narrowed: the '''Web Interface Customization''' tab on the user and role dialogs hides individual main tabs per user or per role, so an operator account can be given a smaller interface than an administrator. See [[Security Configuration]].

Qadmin: /* Logging in */

2026-09-03T22:58:32Z

Logging in

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	Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).		Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).

	'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account. Enter ~~its~~ password and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.		'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account and the default password is just <code>password</code>. If you haven't changed the default password from <code>password</code> you can just press Enter to login and it will supply the default. If you have updated the admin password enter it now and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.

	You can log in to '''any''' member of a storage grid and administer the whole grid from that one session -- you do not need to connect to each appliance separately, and you do not need to connect to the grid master. See [[Grid Configuration]].		You can log in to '''any''' member of a storage grid and administer the whole grid from that one session -- you do not need to connect to each appliance separately, and you do not need to connect to the grid master. See [[Grid Configuration]].

Qadmin: /* Logging in */

2026-09-03T22:55:52Z

Logging in

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	[[File:webui_login.png\|thumb\|right\|438px\|The login panel. '''Username''' is pre-filled with the built-in <code>admin</code> account.]]		[[File:webui_login.png\|thumb\|right\|438px\|The login panel. '''Username''' is pre-filled with the built-in <code>admin</code> account.]]

	Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443 ~~by nginx~~; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).		Browse to <code>https://<system-ip-or-name>/</code> on any system in the grid. The interface is served over HTTPS on port 443; a fresh appliance uses a self-signed certificate, so a browser warning on first connection is expected until you install your own certificate (see [[Security Configuration]]).

	'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account. Enter its password and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.		'''Username''' is pre-filled with <code>admin</code>, the built-in administrator account. Enter its password and click '''Login'''. The eye button beside the password field reveals what you typed.

Qadmin at 22:54, 3 September 2026

2026-09-03T22:54:13Z

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	[[Category:admin_guide]]		[[Category:admin_guide]]
	The QuantaStor web management interface (WUI) is the primary way to administer a system or a storage grid. This page is an orientation to it: how to log in, what each region of the screen holds, what the nine main tabs cover, and how to read the '''Navigation''' breadcrumbs that the rest of this guide uses to point you at a dialog.		The QuantaStor web management interface (WUI) is the primary way to administer a system or a storage grid of systems. This page is an orientation to it: how to log in, what each region of the screen holds, what the nine main tabs cover, and how to read the '''Navigation''' breadcrumbs that the rest of this guide uses to point you at a dialog.

	Read this once and the rest of the Administrator Guide becomes shorter, because every page that documents a dialog opens with a breadcrumb rather than a paragraph of directions. If you are setting up a new appliance, the [[#Getting Started guide\|Getting Started / Configuration Guide]] in the banner walks the initial steps in order.		Read this once and the rest of the Administrator Guide becomes shorter, because every page that documents a dialog opens with a breadcrumb rather than a paragraph of directions. If you are setting up a new appliance, the [[#Getting Started guide\|Getting Started / Configuration Guide]] in the banner walks the initial steps in order.

Qadmin: State the nine-main-tab rule explicitly for breadcrumb readers, per the corrected SKILL.md section 3, and name Controllers & Enclosures / Management Users as stack sections rather than tabs (QSTOR-12352)

2026-09-03T21:51:59Z

State the nine-main-tab rule explicitly for breadcrumb readers, per the corrected SKILL.md section 3, and name Controllers & Enclosures / Management Users as stack sections rather than tabs (QSTOR-12352)

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	\| <code>''(tab)''</code> \|\| The preceding name is a tab -- a detail tab, or a tab inside a dialog.		\| <code>''(tab)''</code> \|\| The preceding name is a tab -- a detail tab, or a tab inside a dialog.
	\|-		\|-
	\| <code>''(select + right-click)''</code> \|\| The item is on the object's right-click menu. Select the object, right-click it, and choose the item.		\| <code>''(select + right-click)''</code> \|\| The item is on the object's right-click menu, not on any toolbar. Select the object, right-click it, and choose the item.
	\|-		\|-
	\| <code>→</code> \|\| The next step.		\| <code>→</code> \|\| The next step.
	\|}		\|}

	'''A breadcrumb always starts at a main tab''', because nothing below the tabs is reachable until a tab is chosen. From there it walks the tree section, then the object if one has to be selected, then the toolbar group, then the button.		'''A breadcrumb always starts at a main tab''', because nothing below the tabs is reachable until a tab is chosen. From there it walks the tree section, then the object if one has to be selected, then the toolbar group, then the button. There are exactly nine main tabs, listed in [[#The main tabs\|The main tabs]] above -- so if the first element of a breadcrumb is not one of those nine, the breadcrumb is wrong. '''Controllers & Enclosures''' and '''Management Users''', for instance, look like tabs in a path but are stack sections, under '''Storage Management''' and '''Security''' respectively.

	Worked examples:		Worked examples:

Qadmin: Precision pass: name the Send Support Log Files dialog title (QSTOR-12502), drop unverified column-reorder claim, note the Tasks divider collapses the status bar too (QSTOR-12352)

2026-09-03T21:48:50Z

Precision pass: name the Send Support Log Files dialog title (QSTOR-12502), drop unverified column-reorder claim, note the Tasks divider collapses the status bar too (QSTOR-12352)

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	Some sections stack two detail panels, each with its own tab strip: '''Controllers & Enclosures''' puts '''Hardware Controllers''' / '''Software Adapters''' / '''External Systems''' above '''Hardware Enclosures''' / '''Hardware RAID Units''' / '''Controller Disks''' / '''Controller Events & Alerts'''.		Some sections stack two detail panels, each with its own tab strip: '''Controllers & Enclosures''' puts '''Hardware Controllers''' / '''Software Adapters''' / '''External Systems''' above '''Hardware Enclosures''' / '''Hardware RAID Units''' / '''Controller Disks''' / '''Controller Events & Alerts'''.

	Grid columns sort by clicking the header ~~and can be dragged to reorder~~. Rows in these grids carry right-click menus of their own, which are not always the same as the tree's -- right-clicking a system's group header row in the Network Ports grid offers '''Rescan All Network Ports...'''. Where a grid holds many rows it paginates, with page controls and '''Set Page Size''' buttons along the bottom.		Grid columns sort by clicking the header. Rows in these grids carry right-click menus of their own, which are not always the same as the tree's -- right-clicking a system's group header row in the Network Ports grid offers '''Rescan All Network Ports...'''. Where a grid holds many rows it paginates, with page controls and '''Set Page Size''' buttons along the bottom.

	=== Properties panel ===		=== Properties panel ===
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	The '''Alerts''' tab lists what the grid has raised on its own -- capacity thresholds, hardware faults, cluster problems -- with '''Time Stamp''', '''Severity''', '''Storage System''', '''SNMP ID''', '''Alert''' and '''Description'''. These are the same alerts that email and the ITSM integrations deliver; see [[Call-home / Alerting]].		The '''Alerts''' tab lists what the grid has raised on its own -- capacity thresholds, hardware faults, cluster problems -- with '''Time Stamp''', '''Severity''', '''Storage System''', '''SNMP ID''', '''Alert''' and '''Description'''. These are the same alerts that email and the ITSM integrations deliver; see [[Call-home / Alerting]].

	The ~~small~~ chevron on the divider above the panel collapses it~~, which~~ is useful on a small screen but ~~does hide~~ the one place that reports background failures.		The chevron on the divider above the panel collapses the panel -- and the status bar with it -- giving the tree and the centre panels the full window height. That is useful on a small screen, but it hides the one place that reports background failures.

	=== Status bar ===		=== Status bar ===
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	* '''Properties...'''		* '''Properties...'''

	The rest -- '''Modify Storage System...''', '''Upgrade Manager...''', '''Recovery Manager...''', '''License Manager...''', '''Alert Manager...''', '''Remove System from Grid...''', '''Send Log Report...''', '''Join AD Domain...''', '''Getting Started / Configuration Guide...''' -- duplicate toolbar buttons, sometimes under a slightly different label: the toolbar's '''Modify''' is the menu's '''Modify Storage System...''', and the toolbar's '''Send Support Logs''' is the menu's '''Send Log Report...'''.		The rest -- '''Modify Storage System...''', '''Upgrade Manager...''', '''Recovery Manager...''', '''License Manager...''', '''Alert Manager...''', '''Remove System from Grid...''', '''Send Log Report...''', '''Join AD Domain...''', '''Getting Started / Configuration Guide...''' -- duplicate toolbar buttons, sometimes under a slightly different label: the toolbar's '''Modify''' is the menu's '''Modify Storage System...''', and the toolbar's '''Send Support Logs''' is the menu's '''Send Log Report...''', which opens a dialog titled '''Send Support Log Files''' -- three names for one dialog (QSTOR-12502).

	[[File:webui_rclick_enclosures.png\|thumb\|right\|386px\|The '''Controllers & Enclosures''' menu on a storage system, including '''Add Software Adapter...'''.]]		[[File:webui_rclick_enclosures.png\|thumb\|right\|386px\|The '''Controllers & Enclosures''' menu on a storage system, including '''Add Software Adapter...'''.]]