Server Operation#
There are a number of parameters that must be configured beforehand for Allegra to run effectively.
This section describes
How to configure licensing
How to configure the e-mail interface
How to configure LDAP and Single Sign On (SSO)
How to set up the 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 bound 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 are of interest to the user. For 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 establish 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 you can configure the full text search in Allegra.
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You can connect Allegra to a directory server (LDAP, Active Directory) to centrally manage passwords. You can also have users registered in the LDAP directory from Allegra and change passwords. This means that Allegra offers you a complete system for self-registration and password management.
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On this tab, you can configure important directories, the server URL, the handling of item numbers, and the REST web service interface, among other things.