4.4. Content Panels

When you select an item from the resource tree, the corresponding object displays configuration and status information in the content panel. The following sections provide a brief overview of this functionality. Please refer to the corresponding chapters in the reference documentation to get more detailed information.

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On the datacenter level, you can access cluster-wide settings and information.

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Nodes in your cluster can be managed individually at this level.

The top header has useful buttons such as Reboot, Shutdown, Shell, Bulk Actions and Help. Shell has the options noVNC, SPICE and xterm.js. Bulk Actions has the options Bulk Start, Bulk Stop and Bulk Migrate.

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There are two different kinds of guests and both can be converted to a template. One of them is a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and the other is a Linux Container (LXC). Navigation for these are mostly the same; only some options are different.

To access the various guest management interfaces, select a VM or container from the menu on the left.

The header contains commands for items such as power management, migration, console access and type, cloning, HA, and help. Some of these buttons contain drop-down menus, for example, Shutdown also contains other power options, and Console contains the different console types: SPICE, noVNC and xterm.js.

The panel on the right contains an interface for whatever item is selected from the menu on the left.

The available interfaces are as follows.

  • Summary: provides a brief overview of the VM’s activity and a Notes field for Markdown syntax Section F.1, “Markdown Basics” comments.
  • Console: access to an interactive console for the VM/container.
  • (KVM)Hardware: define the hardware available to the KVM VM.
  • (LXC)Resources: define the system resources available to the LXC.
  • (LXC)Network: configure a container’s network settings.
  • (LXC)DNS: configure a container’s DNS settings.
  • Options: manage guest options.
  • Task History: view all previous tasks related to the selected guest.
  • (KVM) Monitor: an interactive communication interface to the KVM process.
  • Backup: create and restore system backups.
  • Replication: view and manage the replication jobs for the selected guest.
  • Snapshots: create and restore VM snapshots.
  • Firewall: configure the firewall on the VM level.
  • Permissions: manage permissions for the selected guest.
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As with the guest interface, the interface for storage consists of a menu on the left for certain storage elements and an interface on the right to manage these elements.

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 be shown.

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Again, the pools view comprises two partitions: a menu on the left, and the corresponding interfaces for each menu item on the right.