Configuration#
There are a number of parameters that need to be configured before Allegra can run effectively.
This section describes
How to configure licensing
How to configure the email interface
How to configure LDAP and Single Sign On (SSO)
How to set up full-text search
How to set up various other settings such as web services, project-specific item number handling, directories for storing attachments and backups, etc.
System Information and License Data
Allegra controls licensing via a license key. The license key is tied to your server’s IP address. The Server Information and License tab contains information about the server software version, the database schema version, and the IP addresses.
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Allegra can inform users by email when there have been important events in the system that the user is interested in. To do this, Allegra must be connected to an SMTP server, just like a regular email program like Thunderbird or Outlook.
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Allegra can receive emails and create new items from them or add information to existing items. For this purpose, Allegra acts like any standard email client like Outlook or Thunderbird and needs to know how to set up a mailbox on a POP3 or IMAP mail server.
Full Text Search Configuration
Allegra can search the text of item properties and some types of attachments such as PDF, OpenOffice, WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, RTF, and XML. The following section describes how to configure full-text search.
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You can connect Allegra to a directory server (LDAP, Active Directory) to centrally manage passwords. You can also have Allegra enter users in the LDAP directory and change passwords. This gives you a complete system for self-registration and password management with Allegra.
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On this tab, you can configure important directories, the server URL, item number handling, and the REST web service interface, among other things.