General Info
Overview
Once your Edge Node is registered on Barbara PANEL, you can customize it by adding data about the Node's physical location, hardware characteristics, deployment information and more.
These customizations allow finding a group of available Nodes easily. You can group Nodes based on specific criteria that you added in the customizations, to later manage the Nodes group via batch commands.
Node details UI
Customizations to your Edge Nodes are done from the Node details view, which is accessed by selecting the "Nodes" icon in the middle of the top menu bar in Barbara Panel.
Node Details view
Node Details Title
By default, the Node Details view title displays the Node's name and whether it's online or offline, active or not active.
Nombre e imagen del Nodo
1. Editing the Node's Name
By clicking on the Node's name, you can modify it.
2. Editing the Node's Image
When clicking on the Node's image, a pencil icon shows up with the option to delete the current image or upload a new one.
General Information Card
The General Information card appears underneath the Node Name. If there is no General Info card for your Node, click on the "ADD CARD" button on the top right and create one. The details listed below are viewable in the General Information card:
General Info
- Barbara ID allows you to look up the unique identifying string for each Edge Node
- Node refers to the actual hardware device or the Edge Node's commercial product name.
- Architecture refers to the Edge Node's CPU or processor
- Family refers to the overall system the Nodes pertain to. By default, all Nodes are added to the Barbara family. In future we may be able to add Edge Nodes from other systems.
- Node Time refers to the time zone each Node is configured to. Generally, it's UTC.
The Node Time field reflects real-time data only when the Edge Node is online. Otherwise, it displays Not available.
- Location can be expanded to add the geographic coordinates for where the Edge Node is located. To add them, click on the "+" button and this prompts a pop-up to open, with a map that allows you to search and establish the location of your Node.
Edit Location Popup
ORGANIZATION
GROUP
When an Edge Node is added, it's automatically assigned to the "Default" group. If you've created any additional groups, it should show up in the dropdown list. To modify your Node's group, expand the dropdown list and select the correct group name for your Node.
Groups
An Edge Node can only belong to one group and cannot be assigned to multiple groups.
TAGS
Tags allow flexibly classifying Edge Nodes, so they can be located and grouped more efficiently. Edge Nodes can have more than one tag assigned to it, or can also have no tags.
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To assign a Node a tag, type a tag term in the text bar and click on the plus button to the right. If there is no text, the plus button remains inactive. The tag should immediately appear above the text bar. To delete it, select the "x" to the right of the tag name.
Advanced Configuration
In "Node Assets" you can save any information related to the Edge Node (schemas, photos of the installation, instructions, video tutorials and so on).
To assign to the Node any type of file you wish to use (text, image, video etc.), click on the "ADVANCED ACTIONS" wheel icon on the top menu and scroll down to the "NODE ASSETS" option.
Advanced Config Button
Assets
Click on "ADD" and upload any file from your computer. You can also delete unwanted files from here.