Configure general settings#

Set the host name, time zone, and session timeout for your Intelligence Center.

For your Intelligence Center to be fully functional, you must set:

  • A hostname to identify the instance on your network.

  • A time zone to refer to for timestamp values.

  • The maximum amount of time a user can be idle while signed in to a session, before they are automatically signed out for security reasons.

Note

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Set the hostname#

Specify a working and valid hostname for EclecticIQ Intelligence Center.

EclecticIQ Intelligence Center validates the specified hostname to verify that the configured hostname points to the actual server hosting EclecticIQ Intelligence Center instance.

Caution

If you enter an incorrect Intelligence Center hostname or no hostname at all, the following functionality is either not available, or it may not work as expected:

  • Outgoing feeds

  • TAXII links to TAXII services

  • User password reset and password reset email notification

  1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > System settings.

  2. Click Edit settings.

  3. In the Hostname field, enter the hostname of the machine hosting EclecticIQ Intelligence Center instance to identify it on the network.

    EclecticIQ Intelligence Center hostname you specify here must match exactly an existing server_name literal value or data pattern defined in the Nginx configuration file.

    If Hostname and server_name do not match, the Intelligence Center may return configuration errors, and it may not work correctly.

    For more information, see the official Nginx documentation and the Nginx wiki.

    Example: prod.platform.host.com, or 10.0.84.96

  4. To store your changes, click Submit; to discard them, click Cancel.

Set the time zone#

While you can set a local or a custom time zone value to display local time on EclecticIQ Intelligence Center, the host system time zone must be consistently on UTC time.

This includes OS, databases, as well as any other products or components that enable setting a time zone, and that interact/interoperate with EclecticIQ Intelligence Center.

Set a non-UTC time zone for all users#

  1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > System settings.

  2. Click Edit settings.

  3. From the Timezone drop-down menu, select the non-UTC time zone you want your users to use.

  4. To store your changes, click Save; to discard them, click Cancel.

  5. Make sure that the Use system timezone checkbox is selected for all Intelligence Center users:

    1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > User management.

    2. Click the menu icon More in the row corresponding to the user whose time zone settings you want to check.

    3. From the drop-down menu select Edit.

    4. In the user edit view, the Use system timezone checkbox is under Locale.

Set one non-UTC time zone for most users and another for some#

  1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > System settings.

  2. Click Edit settings.

  3. From the Timezone drop-down menu, select the non-UTC time zone you want your users to use.

  4. To store your changes, click Save; to discard them, click Cancel.

  5. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > User management.

  6. Make sure that the Use system timezone checkbox is selected for all Intelligence Center users:

    1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > User management.

    2. Click the menu icon More in the row corresponding to the user whose time zone settings you want to check.

    3. From the drop-down menu select Edit.

    4. In the user edit view, the Use system timezone checkbox is under Locale.

Now that a collective non-UTC time zone has been set, it is possible to set a different time zone for specific users:

  1. Go to the row of the user you want to set a different non-UTC time zone for, click More, and then click Edit.

  2. Deselect the Use system timezone checkbox.

  3. Go to the Edit general settings view, and set the preferred time zone.

  4. To store your changes, click Submit; to discard them, click Cancel.

Set the user session timeout#

This value defines how long an active user session can be idle, before EclecticIQ Intelligence Center automatically signs the inactive user out.

  1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > System settings.

  2. Click Edit settings.

  3. Under Session timeout (in minutes) click the field, and then enter an integer to define after how long inactive user sessions are automatically signed out.

  4. To store your changes, click Submit; to discard them, click Cancel.

Product analytics#

Select Enable analytics to allow us to collect and analyse usage data in order to improve the product. We use a third party tool to collect and analyse anonymized data.

You can download a document describing the data collected from a link in this section of the UI.

Reset the general settings#

To remove the current server settings and server configuration for EclecticIQ Intelligence Center, and to reset these options to their default values:

  1. In the side navigation bar, go to Settings Settings > System settings.

  2. Click Edit settings.

  3. Under Reset general settings, click Reset settings.

  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Reset.

    Custom server settings are replaced with the default ones.