The primary navigation icons for HyTrust KeyControl appear in a horizontal toolbar across the top of the screen.
The icons may have overlays (described at the end of this topic) with numbers, indicating the number of pending Alerts, the number of nodes in a cluster, and so on. The icons include:
| Navigation Icon | Description |
|---|---|
|
Dashboard |
Click the Dashboard Icon to see a quick overview of your cluster and its health. For details, see Using the Dashboard, in this guide. |
| Security | Click the Security Icon to create or configure new users or groups. For details, see Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Security Icon |
| Cluster | Click the Cluster Icon to manage clusters. For details, see Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Cluster Icon |
| Cloud | Click the Cloud Icon to manage cloud-based VM sets and to download client software. For details, see Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Cloud Icon |
| Audit Log | Click the Audit Log Icon to review entries in the audit log. For details, see Logging and Auditing |
| Alerts |
Click the Alerts Icon to review and manage Alerts. For details, see Viewing and Managing Alerts from the WebGUI, in this guide. |
|
Settings |
Click the Settings Icon to configure the default settings for KeyControl. For details, see Using the Settings Icon to Configure Defaults, in this guide. |
Details of the actions you can take by clicking the navigation icons appear below:
Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Dashboard Icon
Clicking the Dashboard Icon brings up a detailed overview of your cluster's health. For details, see Using the Dashboard, in this guide.
Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Security Icon
Clicking the Security Icon enables you to create or configure users or groups. Note that these capabilities and much more are available from the HyTrust scripting command line, in Scripting Operations Using hicli
For details on creating new Groups, see Creating and Managing Groups
For details on creating new users, see Creating New Users Using the WebGUI, in this guide.
For details on managing existing users, see Managing User Accounts
Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Cluster Icon
The Cluster Icon enables you to edit various settings of the KeyControl clusters on which you are working, and to manage the servers hosting the KeyControl nodes.
For details on clusters, see Managing Clusters
Actions You Can Take by Clicking the Cloud Icon
The Cloud icon enables you to download the HyTrust DataControl Policy Agent, create VM Sets, and manage the virtual machines in those VM Sets. It also lists unauthenticated VMs and enables you to authenticate them, and enables you to create KeyControl Mappings.
For further details on downloading and installing the Policy Agent, see Downloading and Installing the Policy Agent on Windows and Downloading and Installing the Policy Agent on Linux. Both topics appear in the System Administrator's Guide.
For further details on creating VM Sets, see Creating VM Sets
For further details on Mappings, see Managing the KeyControl List
What the Navigation Icon Overlays Mean
The navigation icons communicate additional information about the content. The “X” over the number “2” on the Cluster Icon, for example, means that there are two servers in the cluster, and that they are in degraded mode.
When adding a KeyControl node to a cluster, you will see a lightning bolt overlay that persists until the node is authenticated:
Once you authenticate the node, it becomes a green heart:
When something causes an Alert to be issued, the Alert icon displayis with a red circle and the number of pending alerts:
Clicking on the Alert icon takes you to the Alerts page, where you can see the details.