Introduction to the Gaia Portal

In This Section: Gaia Portal Overview Logging in to the Gaia Portal Using the Interface Elements Unsupported Characters and Words

This chapter gives a brief overview of the Gaia Portal interface and procedures for using the interface elements.

Gaia Portal Overview

• The Gaia Portal is an advanced, web-based interface for Gaia platform configuration. You can do almost all system configuration tasks through this Web-based interface.
• Easy Access - Simply connect to https://<Gaia IP Address>.
• Browser Support - Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari.
• Powerful Search Engine - Makes it easy to find features or functionality to configure.
• Easy Operation - Two operating modes:
  • Simplified mode, which shows only basic configuration options.
  • Advanced mode, which shows all configuration options.

  You can easily change these modes.

• Web-Based Access to Command Line - Clientless access to the Gaia Clish directly from your browser.

The Gaia Portal interface:

Example:

Item	Description
1	Navigation tree
2	Toolbar
3	Status bar
4	Overview page with widgets that show system information
5	Search tool

Note - The browser Back button is not supported. Do not use it.

Logging in to the Gaia Portal

To log in to the Gaia Portal:

Step	Description
1	Enter this URL in your browser: https://<Gaia IP address>
2	Enter your user name and password.

To log out from the Gaia Portal:

Make sure that you always log out from the Gaia Portal (in the top right corner) before you close the web browser. This is because the configuration lock stays in effect even when you close the web browser or terminal window. The lock remains in effect until a different user removes the lock, or the defined inactivity time-out period expires (default is 10 minutes).

Working with the Configuration Lock

Only one user can have Read/Write access to Gaia configuration settings at a time. All other users can log in with Read-Only access to see configuration settings, as specified by their assigned roles.

When you log in and no other user has Read/Write access, you get an exclusive configuration lock with Read/Write access. If a different user already has the configuration lock, you have the option to override their lock. If you:

• Override the lock. The other user stays logged in with Read-Only access.
• Do not override the lock. You cannot modify the settings.

To override a configuration lock in the Gaia Portal:

• Click the Configuration lock (above the toolbar). The pencil icon (Read/Write enabled) replaces the lock.
• If you use a configuration settings page, click the Click here to obtain lock link. You can see this link if a different user overrides your configuration lock.

Note - Only users with Read/Write access privileges can override a configuration lock.

Using the Interface Elements

The Gaia Portal contains many elements that make the task of configuring features and system settings easier.

Toolbar Accessories

You can use these toolbar icons to do these tasks:

Item	Description
	Read/Write mode enabled.
	Configuration locked (Read Only mode).
	Opens the Console accessory for CLI commands. Available in the Read/Write mode only.
	Opens the Scratch Pad accessory for writing notes or for quick copy/paste operations. Available in the Read/Write mode only.

Search Tool

You can use the search bar to find an applicable configuration page by entering a keyword. The keyword can be a feature, a configuration parameter or a word that is related to a configuration page.

The search shows a list of pages related to the entered keyword. To go to a page, click a link in the list.

Navigation Tree

The navigation three lets you select a page. Pages are arranged in logical feature groups. You can show the navigation tree in one of these view modes:

Mode	Description
Basic	Shows some standard pages.
Advanced	Shows all pages. This is the default mode.

To change the navigation tree mode, click View Mode and select a mode from the list.

To hide the navigation tree, click the Hide icon.

Status Bar

The status bar, located at the bottom of the window, shows the result of the last configuration operation. To see a history of the configuration operations during the current session, click the Expand icon.

Configuration Tab

The Configuration tab lets you see and configure parameters for Gaia features and settings groups. The parameters are organized into functional settings groups in the navigation tree. You must have Read/Write permissions for a settings group to configure its parameters.

Monitoring Tab

The Monitoring tab lets you see status and detailed operational statistics, in real time, for some routing and high availability settings groups. This information is useful for monitoring dynamic routing and VRRP cluster performance.

To see the Monitoring tab, select a routing or high availability feature settings group and then click the Monitoring tab. For some settings groups, you can select different types of information from a menu.

Unsupported Characters and Words

To prevent possible Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, Gaia Portal does not accept some characters and words when you enter them in various fields.

Unsupported Characters

Character	Description
<	Less than
>	Greater than
&	Ampersand
;	Semi-colon

Unsupported Words

• after
• apply
• catch
• eval
• subset