WebAdmin client

What is the WebAdmin client?

The WebAdmin client provides a simple and convenient way for system operators and administrators to view live or recorded video and do some configurations of the Server and System settings via a web browser.

How to access WebAdmin client?

Through the Desktop client

Option 1:

1. Right-click the system name at the top of the resource panel.
2. Select Open Web Client. The WebAdmin client opens for the server you are currently connected to.
   

Option 2:

1. Right-click on the server name in the resource panel.
2. Select Server Web Page. The WebAdmin client opens for the server you selected.

Through the Web Browser:

1. Open the browser and enter the following address: 
   

   http://<server_ip>:<server_port>

   server_ip = the IP address or URL of the Server you are requesting this information from. 
   server_port = the port your System is using (default = 7001)
   Example: http://192.168.178.10:7001 
   
   
2. Log in to the WebAdmin client with your username and password.

NOTE: The WebAdmin client supports the following browsers:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Opera
• Edge

WebAdmin client interface

When you access the WebAdmin client, and you select the <SYSTEM_NAME> an additional menu opens and provides access to:

• The four tabs, as shown in the header
• Different Services (Downloads, Supported Devices, Integrations)
• For Developers (API Documentation, Generic Events Generator, Developer Support)
• External Links (Hardware Calculator, Support)

The 4 tabbed pages are accessible to operators depending on their user permissions: 

• View
• Settings
• Information
• Monitoring

View 

The View tab opens a browser-based client for viewing live/recorded video from a System.

Camera Panel (Left)

The Camera Panel in the web client allows operators to find and view live or recorded video from a System.

Camera View (after selecting a camera)

• Adaptive Video – Video streams will display in hi-res or lo-res depending on network speed. It can be manually changed. Depending on the CPU resources, transcoding into additional resolutions is also possible.
• Camera Details – Provides details about a camera to assist developers during integration and testing:
  • Name
  • CameraID
  • IP Address or URL
  • View
  • Low stream
  • High stream
  • Transcoding

Settings 

The Settings tab contains two views: Server and System.

Server tab
The Server tab allows System Owners and Administrators to view and modify settings for a Server.

• System Administration
  
  • General – To change some general settings for the server
  • Licenses – To activate additional license keys for the server and view the active licenses on the server
• Cameras – To change some general setting for the selected camera
• Users – To activate, remove, or deactivate users to the system
• Servers
  • To restart the Server application
  • Reset the Server application
  • Change the default port to access the Server application
  • Move the Analytics database
  • Adding external storage
  • Reindexing the archive

Information

The Information tab provides information about:

• Alerts – Issues that occur or have been occurring in the system
• System – General system information like:
  
  • Amount of servers
  • Amount of cameras
  • Amount of storage locations
  • Amount of users
  • System version
  • Cloud system ID
• Servers – Information about the:
  • Availability (Status, Events, Uptime)
  • Load (CPU and RAM)
  • Info (Public IP, OS Time, Events)
• Cameras – Information about the:
  • Info (Server, Type, IP, Recording)
  • Availability (Status, Events)
  • Primary Stream and Secondary Stream (Resolution, Actual FPS, Average FPS)
  • Storage Analytics (Archive, Recording Bitrate)
• Storage Locations – Information about the different storage locations:
  • Info (Server, Type)
  • State (Status, Issues)
  • Activity (Read and Write Rate)
  • Space (Total, VMS Media)
• Network Interfaces – Information about the available network interfaces
  • Info (Server, State, IP)
  • I/O Rates (In and Out Rate)

In this tab, you also have the option to Download Full Report in JSON format.

Monitoring

The Settings tab contains three views: Graphs, Storage, and Log.

• Graphs – Displays a real-time graph of Server performance indicators: CPU, RAM, HDDs, and NIC.
• Log – Contains the last 1,000 lines of the system logs.

Questions

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