DynFi Documentation

Welcome to DynFi’s documentation.

Table of Contents

• 1. Getting started with DynFi
  • 1.1. Initial install for DynFi On Premise
  • 1.2. Initial install using DynFi SaaS
• 2. Installing DynFi on Ubuntu
  • 2.1. Prerequisites
  • 2.2. Installing DynFi using APT repository
  • 2.3. Upgrading DynFi
• 3. Running DynFi on any operating system
  • 3.1. Installing Java
  • 3.2. Installing MongoDB
  • 3.3. Running DynFi on Windows
  • 3.4. Running DynFi on FreeBSD
  • 3.5. Upgrading DynFi for manual use
• 4. Configuration
  • 4.1. What is DynFi’s configuration?
  • 4.2. Sources of configuration
  • 4.3. Format of the configuration file
  • 4.4. Examining effective configuration
  • 4.5. Creating initial configuration file
  • 4.6. Mostly used configuration options
  • 4.7. Tuning environment options in Ubuntu
• 5. First steps with DynFi
  • 5.1. Accessing your DynFi installation using its IP address
  • 5.2. Accessing your device using a domain name
• 6. Configuring your remote firewalls for DynFi
  • 6.1. Getting access to your firewalls using SSH
  • 6.2. Adding a remote firewall to DynFi
  • 6.3. Enhancing the security of your SSH access
  • 6.4. Using SSH key based authentication
• 7. Storing secrets in DynFi database
  • 7.1. What is “a secret”?
  • 7.2. Default storage format
  • 7.3. How to turn on encryption of secrets in the database?
  • 7.4. How to change encryption password?
  • 7.5. Performance check
  • 7.6. I have lost my encryption password
  • 7.7. How are user passwords stored?
• 8. Logs
  • 8.1. Default configuration
  • 8.2. Tuning logs
  • 8.3. Tuning logs in Ubuntu
• 9. Licenses
  • 9.1. Importing licenses
  • 9.2. License renewals
  • 9.3. License expiration
  • 9.4. Importing license in CLI
• 10. Aliases
  • 10.1. Editing aliases of a single device
  • 10.2. Editing aliases of many devices
  • 10.3. Alias Library and Alias Collections
  • 10.4. Alias synchronization
  • 10.5. Synchronization options
  • 10.6. Solving conflicts and initial actions list
• 11. Direct View
  • 11.1. Opening Direct View
  • 11.2. Automatic Login
  • 11.3. Device Setup
  • 11.4. Permissions of Direct View
  • 11.5. Settings of Direct View
  • 11.6. Connectivity issues
  • 11.7. Configuration options
• 12. Device groups
  • 12.1. Default group
  • 12.2. Custom device group(s)
  • 12.3. Assigning users to device groups
  • 12.4. Device groups vs. user roles
  • 12.5. Managing device groups
  • 12.6. Resetting user’s device groups in CLI
• 13. Managing users
  • 13.1. Admin role
  • 13.2. Custom role(s)
  • 13.3. Assigning users to roles
  • 13.4. Device Groups vs. User Roles
  • 13.5. Managing user roles
  • 13.6. Resetting user accounts
• 14. Backup connection addresses
  • 14.1. Main connection address
  • 14.2. Backup connection addresses
  • 14.3. Switching to another address in case of failure
  • 14.4. Manually switching to another address
  • 14.5. Automatic fallback to main connection address
  • 14.6. Uniqueness of the connection addresses