Configuring OEM Settings

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Configuring OEM Settings

CA AppLogic® supports the ability to customize the appearance and selected elements of the CA AppLogic® GUI. This includes:

Specification of the logo displayed when a user logs into the AppLogic GUI
Replacement of links available from the grid dashboard support page

The OEM kit consists of the following entities:

oem.conf: OEM configuration file. See Sample oem.conf File for more information about the file format.
banner.png or banner.gif: (optional) Dashboard logo to be displayed.

To configure the OEM kit

Select Administration from the left Menu.
The Administration page appears.
Click the OEM Kits tab.
Click the Add OEM Kit button.
Specify the following fields:

Name

Specifies a name to assign to the OEM kit file. This is the name that will appear in the OEM Kit drop-down list when you are creating a grid.

Set as Default

Indicates the OEM kit will be the default kit to use for grid creation.

OEM Kit File

A TAR file that contains an oem.conf file and an optional banner.png or banner.jpg file.
Click the Add button.

Note: Use the option on the Miscellaneous tab of the Grid Properties page to specify the name of an OEM kit for a grid.

Sample oem.conf File

The following is a sample oem.conf file.

oem
   {
   link terms: url="http://www.3tera.com/terms_of_use.html"
   link help : url="http://doc.3tera.net/bin/applogic30_help"

   tab dashboard
      {
      link logo  : url="http://www.3tera.com/applogic.html"
      link banner : url="http://www.mywebsite.com/index.html"
      }

   tab support
      {
      link doc   : icon=docs, label="Product Documentation", url="http://doc.3tera.net/AppLogic30/"
      link gridU : icon=uni, label="Grid University", url="http://www.3tera.com/Grid-Computing-University/"
      link forum : icon=chat, label="Support" ,  url="http://support.3tera.net"
      link web   : icon=globe, label="3Tera Website", url="http://www.3tera.com"
      }
   }

Section	Link	Notes
oem	terms	(optional) URL where the terms of use can be found. If not present, the terms of use link is not displayed on the dashboard.
oem	link help	(optional) URL where the AppLogic documentation can be found. If not present, the factory default URL is used.
dashboard	logo	URL to which user is to be taken when the AppLogic logo is clicked on. If not present, the following URL is used: http://www.3tera.com/AppLogic/
dashboard	banner	(optional) URL to which user is to be taken when the Banner graphic is clicked on. If not present, the banner logo is not clickable.
support	doc	(optional) URL to which user is to be taken when the "docs" icon is clicked on from the support tab.
	gridu	(optional) URL to which user is to be taken when the "uni" icon is clicked on from the support tab.
	forum	(optional) URL to which user is to be taken when the "forum" icon is clicked on from the support tab.
	web	(optional) URL to which user is to be taken when the "globe" icon is clicked on from the support tab.

Notes:

If there are any links defined in the "Support" section, then only those links will be displayed on the support page. If no links are defined, the support page displays the docs, grad, forum, and globe icons with links to the URLs that are specified in the above example (which are the defaults).