Define Portal Settings

You can define how the PMM system will appear on your network including the role of each of the Mail peers. The following can be defined:

  If you change the network address of PMM Portal in Red Hat Cockpit, you will also need to re-apply the Portal role and new network address before you can access the Portal.

Change the PMM Portal Host Name

The PMM Portal host name is the name by which the PMM Portal is known within the DNS system of your organization.

To change the PMM Portal Host Name:

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.
  3. Beside the PMM Portal Host Name area, click Click here to change these settings.
  4. Select the host name for the PMM Portal.
  5. Click Save. The summary will be updated with the new details.
  The PMM Portal Host Name needs to be mapped to the IP address of the portal. If the portal is subsequently reconfigured to Lite mode or run on a different peer, this IP address will no longer be valid and, therefore, links in digests will no longer work. To resolve this issue, change the DNS to remap the host or provide a new host name.

Change the Peer Roles within PMM

You can select which peer will act as PMM Portal, if licensed, and/or the PMM digest generator and/or the Mobile Connector by changing the entries in the list of all the PMM Peers within your Gateway system.

The following information is listed for each peer:

  If the Portal is configured to share the same NIC as the administration UI, the IP addresses for both the PMM Portal and the UI must be on the same network.

Enable or disable the Peer as a Portal, Digest Generator, or Mobile Connector

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.
  3. Navigate to the Peer Roles within PMM area and in the PMM Peers list, select a peer by clicking the check box next to the list entry.
  4. To enable or disable the peer as a Portal, click Enable Portal or Disable Portal, as required.
    The Role column will be updated appropriately.
  5. To enable or disable the peer as a Digest, click Enable Digest or Disable Digest, as required.
    The Role column will be updated appropriately.
  6. To enable or disable the peer as a Mobile Connector, click Enable Mobile Connector or Disable Mobile Connector, as required.
    The Role column will be updated appropriately.

Change the PMM Portal Peer Network Details

The PMM Portal is exposed on a different IP address to the web administration interface.

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.
  3. Navigate to the Peer Roles within PMM area and in the PMM Peers list, select a peer by clicking the check box next to the list entry.
  4. Click Enable Portal to enable the selected peer as a Portal.
  5. Click Edit to display the PMM Portal Peer Network Configuration dialog.
  6. Select the required network address from the drop-down menu.
  7. Click OK. The summary will be updated with the new details.

Change the PMM Portal Peer HTTPS Certificate Details

The PMM Portal initially uses a default HTTPS certificate. You can upload another certificate to avoid receiving certificate warnings in browsers.

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.

  3. Navigate to the Peer Roles within PMM area and in the PMM Peers list, select a peer by clicking the check box next to the list entry.

  4. Click Enable Portal to enable the selected peer as a Portal.
  5. Click Edit to display the PMM Portal Peer Network Configuration dialog.
  6. In the HTTPS Certificate Details area, click Browse to select the PEM file you wish to add. Enter a password, if required, and confirm the password. You can also cut and paste the certificate/key into the box, if available.
  7. Click OK. The summary will be updated with the new details.

Change the HTTP/HTTPS Protocol

You can select whether you want users to access the portal using an HTTP or HTTPS link.

 

When configuring the portal to use HTTPS links, you need to specify a separate IP address for the portal. Refer to Change the PMM Portal Peer Network Details for more information.
  1. From the Portal Settings page, select a peer from the list.
  2. Click Edit to display the PMM Portal Peer Network Configuration dialog.
  3. Select HTTP or HTTPS in the Protocol Details section.
  4. Click OK.

Change the language

You can specify the default language for the PMM Portal. To change the language:

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.
  3. Beside the Language area, click Click here to change these settings.
  4. Specify the language for the PMM Portal using the drop-down list.
  5. Click Save. The summary will be updated with the new details.
 

In full mode, individual users can specify their own language for Digests and Portal.

Change the Released/Deleted Message Expiry

You can specify how many days a held message will be retained after it has been released or deleted by a PMM user.

To change the expiry time:

  1. From the System Center Home page, click PMM Settings.
  2. Click Portal Settings to display the Portal Settings page.
  3. Beside the Released/Deleted Message Expiry area, click Click here to change these settings.
  4. Select the check box and specify the number of days. If the check box is not selected, messages will be removed on the same day as they are released or deleted.
  5. Click Save. The summary will be updated with the new details.
  If you change any configuration settings other than system time you must apply the configuration for the changes to take effect. If the Gateways are configured as a group, any group changes should be applied to each Gateway.