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# Manage the site

This topic includes instructions for managing the overall site, such as ALM Octane database servers, mail servers, and logs. Site admins can manage the site from the Site area in Settings.

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## About the site

Site administration includes tasks such as managing ALM Octane database servers, mail servers, and logs.

The site context is also for adding spaces and reviewing the history of modifications to spaces.

On-premises site admins can manage the site from the Site area in Settings.

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## Manage servers

You can perform the following server management actions in Settings > Site > Servers.

Task | How to
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View cluster health | In the Cluster Status area, click the cluster. The Cluster Status dialog box: Indicates whether the cluster is healthy. Provides additional details about the nodes in the cluster, such as their addresses and names. If the cluster is unhealthy, ALM Octane displays the Hazelcast nodes that are stably connected to ALM Octane. This enables you to troubleshoot the situation and make corrections to the Hazelcast node information in the octane.conf file as necessary.
Refresh the status of the servers to test connectivity | In the Application Servers area, click .
Change the database admin password | In the Database Servers area, click the server name, change the Admin password, and click Save.
Change log details | In the Application Logs area, click the log file name, change the Level and Max Size, and click Save. Path The path of the log file. (Read only) The log is written to the relevant log file in the specified path, according to the context in which you are working. Example: When you are working in the context of the main ALM Octane application, the log is written to the app.log file located in Path. Level Determines the severity of the events to include in the log. Valid values are: Fatal, Error, Warn, Info, Debug, Trace. Note: If you change the log level to Debug, make sure to change it back when you are finished debugging. Max Size When the log size reaches this maximum size in MB, a new log file opens.
Change the mail server host name and port | In the Mail Servers area, click the server name, change the Host name and Port, and click Save. For LDAP configuration, see Set up LDAP.

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## Set configuration parameters

Site and space admins can set configuration parameters that affect the behavior of the site and its spaces. You can change parameter values in the UI or via the REST API.

Improvement program: You can select to take part in the ALM Octane improvement program, and help us improve the product based on actual usage data. Micro Focus can collect anonymous information regarding usage of ALM Octane, as well as software and hardware configurations, following the sites admin's approval to do so. Such information does not include names, addresses and other personal information.

To include your site in the program, configure the ALM_OCTANE_IMPROVEMENT_PROGRAM_AGREEMENT parameter.

For details, see Configuration parameters and Setting configuration parameters with the REST API

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## View sessions

You can see information about each session that logged into ALM Octane. This includes:

- The user ID that logged in

- The type of client for the session (UI, API user, or API key)

- The IP address used for the session

- The duration of the session

- The session's license edition

To view sessions, click Site and then click the Sessions tab.

You can group sessions.

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## Manage sessions

In on-premises environments, site admins can perform the following actions:

- Terminate sessions. To end sessions manually, select one or more sessions and click Terminate Session. The button is visible when sessions are selected.

- Filter sessions. The Sessions tab displays sessions from the last week by default. You can change this duration using the site parameter SESSION_READ_RESULTS_IN_DAYS.

  If you filter by end date or ID, you can clear the default (last week) filter.

  REST API requests must include a filter by creation time, end time, or session ID.

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See also:

- Manage licenses
- Manage site users
- Manage spaces (for site admins)

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