Overview
The Xloud Dashboard Admin Guide covers all operations performed by administrators — from configuring session storage and branding to managing projects, users, images, flavors, and infrastructure resources. Admin operations are accessible through the Admin section of the Dashboard sidebar (requiresadmin role).
Prerequisites
adminrole in the target domain or globally- Access to the Dashboard at
https://connect.<your-domain> - For configuration changes: SSH access to the Dashboard host and ability to restart Apache
In This Guide
Host Aggregates
Manage host aggregates and availability zones for workload placement
Session Storage
Configure Memcached, Redis, database, or cookie-based sessions
Projects & Users
Create and manage projects, users, and role assignments
Images (Admin)
Manage public images, deactivate images, and control visibility
Flavors
Create and manage instance flavors and flavor metadata
Volumes (Admin)
Volume types, QoS specs, and cross-project volume management
Quotas
Set and manage per-project resource quotas
Host Aggregates
Organize compute hosts into groups for scheduling and isolation
Admin Dashboard Sections
When logged in with anadmin role, the Admin menu appears in the left sidebar:
| Section | Sub-sections |
|---|---|
| Admin → Overview | Cloud resource summary — running instances, volumes, networks |
| Admin → Compute | Hypervisors, host aggregates, instances (all projects), flavors, images |
| Admin → Volume | Volumes (all projects), volume types, QoS specs, transfers |
| Admin → Network | Networks (all), routers, floating IPs, RBAC policies |
| Admin → System | Projects, users, groups, roles, domains, application credentials |
| Admin → Identity | Same as System — identity management |
Quick Reference: Admin vs User Context
| Operation | User Context | Admin Context |
|---|---|---|
| View instances | Own project only | All projects |
| Manage flavors | View only | Create/edit/delete |
| Manage images | Own project only | All images, set public |
| Manage quotas | View own usage | Set per-project limits |
| Manage users | Own account | All users, all domains |
| Host aggregates | Not visible | Full management |
| Hypervisors | Not visible | View resource usage |
Xloud Admin-Exclusive Features
Xloud-Developed — This capability is developed by Xloud and ships with XAVS / XPCI.
Security Posture Panel
8-tab panel: Agents, CIS Compliance, Alerts, Cluster Health, Encryption Status, Microsegmentation (risk scoring, VM mapping), Compliance Reports, Tags. Requires XAVS.
Cluster Health Dashboard
5-tab real-time monitoring: Storage health, Service status, Message queue, Database cluster, Active alerts. Requires XAVS.
Global Notification Bell
Multi-source alert aggregation in the top navbar with audio notifications for critical alerts and browser notification API integration. Requires XAVS.
Monitoring and Logging Panels
Embedded Grafana dashboards and log analytics panels directly in the admin Dashboard. Requires XAVS.
HA Status Panel
Live high-availability status: failover segments, host monitoring, instance recovery notifications, evacuation tracking. 30-second auto-refresh. Requires XAVS.
Volume Live Retype
Migrate volumes between storage tiers (NVMe/SSD/HDD) without downtime. Admin action for non-disruptive storage migration. Requires XAVS.
Next Steps
Dashboard User Guide
End-user operations for instances, volumes, and networks
Identity & Access
User management, domain configuration, and policy
Compute Admin Guide
Hypervisor management, scheduling, and quotas
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