Platform Administration view (platDaemon-PlatformAdministration)

To access this view expand Platform and double-click Platform Administration.

Following are the options to access various platform daemon (and host) settings and summary information:

• View Details A platform summary that you can copy to the Windows clipboard.

• User Accounts A platform daemon authentication window to add, delete, or manage platform users (initially performed as a step in the Commissioning Wizard).

• System Passphrase A window to set or change the system passphrase used to encrypt sensitive information on the platform’s filesystem.

• Change HTTP Port A window to change the HTTP port.

• Change TLS Settings A window to specify platform TLS settings, including port, certificate alias and its respective password, secure protocol to use, enable/disable extended master secret, and TLS Cipher Suite Group. For an overview, see Change TLS Settings in the Niagara Platform Guide.

• Change Date / Time A window to change the device’s current date, time, and time zone (initially performed as a step in commissioning wizard).

• Advanced Options A window to enable or disable the following advanced platform options

  • SFTP / SSH Enabled A window to enable/disable SFTP and SSH access to the device, or change the default port number that these protocols use/share.

  • Daemon Debug Enabled Temporarily enable the browser based daemon debugging tools. This is automatically turned off the next time the system boots.

  • USB Backup Enabled Enable or disable the USB Backup port on the device’s enclosure.

• Change Output Settings A window to change the log level of different processes that can appear in the platform daemon output.

• Syslog Configuration A window to change Syslog configuration settings for message logging.

• View Daemon Debug A window in which you can observe debug messages from platform daemon processes in real time. Also includes ability to pause or load.

• View System Log A window for viewing system log(s) for the platform.

• Configure Runtime Profiles A window to change the types of runtime profiles for software modules installed on the device (initially performed in Commissioning Wizard).

• Configure NRE Memory A window to configure the memory allocation sizes of this platform’s Niagara Runtime Environment.

• Backup Make a complete backup of all configuration on the connected host platform, including all station files, plus other Niagara configuration.

• Commissioning Another way to re-launch the Commissioning Wizard, as previously used in the initial commissioning of the device.

• Reboot A method to reboot the platform, which restarts all software including the OS and JVM, then the platform daemon, then if so configured in the Application Director (Station Director), the installed station. If you click this, a confirmation window appears.

  If you reboot, your platform connection is lost, and it is typically a few minutes until you can reconnect to the device.