Management Console

The Management Console is a web interface for Stackato. Using the same API as the stackato CLI client, it provides access to a subset of features for deploying, scaling, and configuring applications as well as monitoring quota usage, and viewing logs.

The interface displays more options and settings for Admin users than it does for regular end users. The features described below are available to end users. See the Stackato Admin Guide for information on the Management Console view for Admins.

Welcome

The top-level page of the Management Console displays quick links to the most used resources and views:

• Read the Documentation: By default, a link to docs.stackato.com
• Contact Support: Link to the Support page.
• Download the Client: Link to the locally hosted CLI client download.
• Deploy from the App Store: Link to the App Store.
• Organizations Membership: Link to the end user view of the Organizations page.
• Account Details: Shows the account details of the current user. Also accessible from the drop down list at the top left.

Organization View

The Organizations page shows a list of all Organizations that the current user is a member of. Depending on how the Stackato PaaS has been set up, you may only be a member of a single Organization.

Clicking on the Organization name opens a view of that organization, including:

• Quota Usage:
  • Memory: The amount of RAM (in GB) available to the Organization, and how much of it is currently used by applications.
  • Services: The number of deployed / allotted services.
• Domains: Domains belonging to the Organization that can be used by applications deployed to Spaces in the Organization. Typically, these will be a subdomain of the Stackato system itself. For example, an Organization called "acme" on a PaaS with the address "api.example.org" might have the domain "*.acme.example.org".

Tabs:

• Spaces: A list of Spaces that belong to the Organization, showing the current number of applications and services deployed to that space. Clicking on a Space in the list opens a view of that Space.
• Users: A list of Users who are members of the Organization, showing the Email address and Organization Roles of each.
  • Users: can view organization quotas, domains, spaces and users.
  • Manager: can add domains and spaces to the organization, but not users.

Note

There is currently no interface in the Management Console for Managers, Auditors, or Billing Managers to view or adjust billing/payment info and spending limits.

Space View

• Apps: A filterable list of applications in the Space. Clicking an app name opens an administrative view of that application.
• Services: A list of services bound to applications in the Space. Clicking a service name opens a ref:administrative view of that service <user-console-service>.
• Domains: A filterable list of Domains attached to the space. Domains can be added and removed by Space or Organization Managers, but must first be mapped to the parent Organization (by a Stackato Admin).

Tabs:

• Timeline: A realtime stream of events and discussions relevant to the Space. The creation, update, and deletion of apps and services appear here as notifications which can be commented on by members of the Space. Discussions can be started by any member, tagged, and assigned to an application (which makes the item visible in the Application view).
• Managers: Managers can invite/manage users, enable features for a given space.
• Developers: Developers can create, delete, manage applications and services, full access to all usage reports and logs.
• Auditors: Auditors have view only access to all space information, settings, reports, logs.

Application View

• About: General information about the app including which buildpack it uses, when it was created, and when it was last modified.
• Routes: Essentially, the URLs mapped to the application. These Routes are made up of the name of the application name (a virtual hostname) followed by a dot and a Domain (assigned to the Org and Space).
• Services: Data (and other) service instances deployed in the Space. May be attached to one or more applications in the Space.
• Memory Usage: Total RAM consumption (in MB) of all apps in the Space.

Tabs:

• Timeline: An application-specific subset of the Timeline for the Space.
• Instances: List of application instances showing the status and host DEA IP address of each.
• Logs: A real time stream of your applications logs.
• Files: A browsable list of directories and files in each application instance.
• Environment Variables: Environment variables that have been explicitly set in the application container (via application config, client commands, or this interface). Default variables, those set by the application framework, or those added by the system for data services are excluded from this view.
• Settings: The number of application instances, disk space, and memory allotment used by the application. This usage counts against the organizations's quota.

Service Instance View

Clicking a service instance name anywhere in the interface brings up a view of that service instance showing:

• when it was created
• when it was last modified
• which host it is running on
• which port it is exposed on
• the service instance name (not the canonical database name)
• it's current state

For more information on a service instance (i.e. its credentials), use the stackato service command.

App Store

The App Store is a collection of ready-to-run applications which can be deployed to Stackato by fetching the source code from Git repositories.

Click the Deploy App button to start it on Stackato. You will be prompted to choose a Space and Domain for the app if there are multiple options available for you.

Support

A list of resources for getting support on using Stackato.