Messages

You can configure Gaia to show a Banner Message and a Message of the Day to users when they log in.

Comparison

Item

Banner Message

Message of the Day

Default Message

This system is for authorized use only

You have logged into the system

When shown in Gaia Portal

Browser login page, before logging in

After logging in to the system

When shown in Gaia Clish

When logging in, before entering the password

After logging in to the system

Default state

Enabled

Disabled

Configuring Messages in Gaia Portal

Important - On Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, and Chassis), you must connect to the Gaia Portal of the applicable Security Group.

Step

Instructions

1

In the navigation tree, click System Management > Messages.

2

To enter a Banner message, select Banner message.

3

To enter a Message of the Day, select Message of the day.

4

Enter the message text.

See the Limits section below.

5

Click Apply.

Configuring Messages in Gaia Clish

Important - On Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, and Chassis), you must run the applicable commands in Gaia gClish of the applicable Security Group.

  • To show if the banner message is enabled or disabled:

    show message banner status

    show message all status

  • To show the configured banner message:

    show message banner

    show message all

  • To define a new single-line banner message:

    set message banner on msgvalue "<Banner Text>"

    See the Limits section below.

    Example:

    gaia> set message banner on msgvalue "This system is private and confidential"

  • To define a new multi-line banner message:

    set message banner on line msgvalue "<Banner Text for Line #1>"

    set message banner on line msgvalue "<Banner Text for Line #2>"

  • To enable or disable the configured banner message:

    set message banner on

    set message banner off

  • To delete the configured banner message perform these two steps:

    1. Delete the user-defined banner message:

      delete message banner

      Note - This deletes the configured banner message, and replaces it with the default banner message "This system is for authorized use only."

    2. Disable the default banner:

      set message banner off

  • To show the configured message of the day:

    show message motd

    show message all

  • To show if the message of the day is enabled or disabled:

    show message motd status

    show message all status

  • To define a new single-line message of the day:

    set message motd on msgvalue "<Message Text>"

    See the Limits section below.

    Example:

    gaia> set message motd on msgvalue "Hi all - no changes allowed today"

  • To define a new multi-line message of the day:

    set message motd on line msgvalue "<Message Text for Line #1>"

    set message motd on line msgvalue "<Message Text for Line #2>"

    See the Limits section below.

  • To enable or disable the configured message of the day:

    set message motd on

    set message motd off

  • To delete the configured message of the day, perform these two steps:

    1. Delete the user-defined message of the day:

      delete message motd

      Note - This deletes the configured message of the day, and replaces it with the default message of the day "You have logged into the system."

    2. Disable the default message of the day:

      set message motd off

Important - After you add, configure, or delete features, run the "save config" command to save the settings permanently. Scalable Platforms save the changes automatically.

Limits

Message type

Maximum supported
total number
of characters
in the message

Maximum supported
total number
of lines
in the message

Maximum supported
number of
characters
in each line

Banner

1600

20

80

Message of the day

1200

20

400