Settings

Many settings can be configured using the GUI by navigating to the 'person' menu at the top right of the Sal window and choosing settings. However, there are some settings that require editing a configuration file.

By modifying sal/settings.py you can customise how plugins and data is displayed in Sal. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Sal, refer to this document to see how your settings.py file should be changed to take advantage of any new features. There are defaults set in sal/system_settings.py, but they can be overridden if you choose.

Enabling brute force protection

You can add the following to your sal/settings.py to enable brute force protection. Change BRUTE_LIMIT to the number of login attempts allowed before the account is locked, BRUTE_COOLOFF is the time after which any locked accounts will be unlocked. BRUTE_PROTECT must be set to True to enable the unlocking UI in the user management page.

BRUTE_PROTECT = True
BRUTE_COOLOFF = 3
BRUTE_LIMIT = 3
###############
INSTALLED_APPS+= ('axes',)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES+=('axes.middleware.FailedLoginMiddleware',)
# Max number of login attemts within the ``AXES_COOLOFF_TIME``
AXES_LOGIN_FAILURE_LIMIT = BRUTE_LIMIT
AXES_COOLOFF_TIME=BRUTE_COOLOFF

LIMIT_PLUGIN_TO_FRONT_PAGE

These plugins will only be shown on the front page. They will not appear anywhere else.

LIMIT_PLUGIN_TO_FRONT_PAGE = ['Uptime', 'Memory']

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_FRONT_PAGE

Once again, a list of plugin names. These will not be shown on the front page.

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_FRONT_PAGE = ['DiskSpace']

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_BUSINESS_UNIT

Specify which Business Unit IDs should be hidden from which plugins. The data should be a dictionary containing lists. The Business Unit ID will be shown in the URL when on that particular Business Unit's page.

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_BUSINESS_UNIT = {
    'Encryption':['1','2','4'],
    'DiskSpace':['5','7','9']
}

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_MACHINE_GROUP

Works exactly the same as HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_BUSINESS_UNIT (although you are specifying the Machine Group ID, obviously!),

HIDE_PLUGIN_FROM_MACHINE_GROUP = {
    'DiskSpace':['1'],
    'Uptime':['2','8']
}

EXCLUDED_FACTS

These Facts won't be displayed on the Machine Information page. This won't effect any plugins that rely on the Fact.

EXCLUDED_FACTS = {
    'sshrsakey',
    'sshfp_rsa',
    'sshfp_dsa',
    'sshdsakey',
}

EXCLUDED_CONDTIONS

The same as EXCLUDED_FACTS, but will hide Munki Conditions instead.

EXCLUDED_CONDTIONS = {
    'ipv4_address',
}

ADD_NEW_MACHINES

By default, machines that don't exist in Sal, but have a valid Machine Group Key will be created. If you are using Sal for inventory purposes (for example, signing Puppet Certificates), you may wish to disable this.

ADD_NEW_MACHINES = False

DEFAULT_MACHINE_GROUP_KEY

By default, all machine submissions must include a machine group key otherwise an error will occur. By defining this value to an existing machine group key then machines without a group key already defined in its preferences will be placed into this group. This can be used, for example, to determine which machines have not been setup properly with the correct machine group.

DEFAULT_MACHINE_GROUP_KEY = 'x1eru38unri08badpo0ux4ahz043hapbyqyixdz482l047u9xe60nn6cux1sj0ad5bq7hwblyzjpmaqb17psygfwlfeo4x6hozb1jejaf1nee6paj68glducdt5575dz'

HISTORICAL_FACTS

Normally only the most recent fact is recorded for a machine. Any facts defined here will also have historical data from each run kept in addition to the most recent run.

HISTORICAL_FACTS = [
    'memoryfree_mb',
]