User Guide

Preferences¶

Each user has their own theme and session timeout. Preferences live on a dedicated page accessible to every authenticated user — they do not require admin access.

Accessing your preferences¶

Click your username in the top navigation, then Preferences. The URL is /preferences.

Theme¶

The dashboard supports a dark and a light theme. Pick the one you prefer — the choice is saved per user, persists across sessions and devices, and is applied immediately. There's no full-page reload; the theme changes live as soon as you save.

Theme	Default	When to use
Dark	Yes	Comfortable for long ops sessions, low-light
Light	No	Bright environments, projection, screen share

Session timeout¶

Set how long your dashboard session stays valid without activity, in minutes.

Range: 5 to 1440 (24 hours)
Default: 60
The setting applies on every request — change it and the next request uses the new timeout.

Shorter timeouts are appropriate when the dashboard is reachable from the public internet or shared workstations. Longer timeouts are fine when the dashboard is only reachable from a trusted admin network.

Session timeouts don't apply to syslog ingestion

The setting only controls the web dashboard session. Syslog reception continues regardless of whether anyone is logged in.

Saving preferences¶

Submit the form to save. The audit trail records the change as a PREFERENCES_UPDATE event with the new values.

What's not on this page (yet)¶

Per-user notification email (configurable in the database but not exposed in the UI today)
Per-user notification rules
Password change — that lives at /change-password and is also reachable from the user menu