Server Configuration

There are a number of settings that you, as a system administrator, need to make in order for Allegra to run properly.

This section describes thw following aspects:

• How to configure licensing

• How to configure the email interface

• How to optionally connect Allegra to an LDAP/Active Directory and Single Sign On (SSO)

• How to set up full-text search

• How to configure other settings such as for web service and directories, for storage of attachments and backups, etc.

• System Information and License Data

  Allegra controls licensing via a license key. The license key is bound to the IP address of your server. The Server Information and License tab contains information about the server software version, database schema version and IP addresses.

• Outgoing Email Connection

  Allegra can notify users by email when there have been important events in the system that are of interest to the user. To do this, Allegra must be connected to an SMTP server, just like a regular email client like Thunderbird or Outlook.

• Incoming Email Connection

  Allegra can receive emails and create new items from them or add information to existing items. For this purpose, Allegra connects like any standard email client, like Outlook or Thunderbird, to a mailbox on a POP3 or IMAP mail server.

• Full Text Search Configuration

  Allegra can search items and their attachments in PDF, OpenOffice, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, RTF and XML. This search must be configured.

• LDAP Configuration

  You can connect Allegra to a directory server (LDAP, Active Directory) to manage passwords centrally. From Allegra, you can optionally also register users in the LDAP directory and change passwords. Thus, Allegra offers you a complete system for self-registration and password management.

• Miscellaneous Settings

  On this tab you can, among other things, change important directories, the server URL, the handling of item numbers, and the REST web service interface.

• System Information and License Data
• Outgoing Email Connection
  • SMTP server name
  • Encrypted connections
  • SMTP authentication
  • SMTP username and password
  • Mail Encoding
  • SMTP server port
  • Sending emails from the system or user account
  • Test configuration
  • Limit the number of connections
• Incoming Email Connection
  • Mail server protocol
  • Mail server name and port
  • Mailbox username and password
  • Encrypted connections
  • Email input
  • Leave mails on server
  • Allow unknown senders
  • Default email domain
  • Permitted domain patterns
• Full Text Search Configuration
• LDAP Configuration
  • LDAP connection settings
  • LDAP schema position
  • LDAP synchronization
  • LDAP user and group schema setting
  • LDAPS with self-signed certificates
• Miscellaneous Settings
  • Directories
  • The server URL
  • Self-registration
  • Automatic login as guest user
  • Item numbers
  • Collective task behavior
  • Top-down behavior
  • Demo site
  • Note about new program version
  • Web service interface
  • Advanced settings