Functions

After logging in, the main window will show up, which is subdivided into four panels.

The control panel

In the upper left is the control panel that provides the following four functions:

Also, the current status of the server (running/stopped/unknown) will be indicated. This information is gained by reading the servers PID from the pid file and probing for the existence of the process. The status line doubles as a link to the HTML status page written by the server.

The Clients panel

In the Clients panel, Beltane shows the list of currently recognized clients. Left in the title bar, you will find the Add function to add a new client entry.

The status of any client is indicated by a coloured box to the left of the client name (purple = Alert, red = Critical, orange = Error, yellow = Warning, green = Info, white = None). This status corresponds to the most severe new message for the corresponding client.

Right click on a client name will bring up a menu with the following items:

The Messages panel

The Messages panel displays new messages, i.e. messages not yet acknowledged by the user. For each message, a status icon, the database index, severity, hostname, and message text is shown. The following functions are provided