The Portal provides the highest-level overview and status of multiple Spectre Command Centers. Using it, you can see the geographical position of Command Centers and know immediately when a priority event has occurred in a network associated with one of your Command Centers. Portal users can also view the Command Center's dashboards, maps, reports, and device details.
The Portal stays continuously in sync with the Command Centers and communication between the two occurs securely over TCP port 443 using HTTPS with SSL encryption.
The Lumeta Spectre Portal shares the same code base, operating system, support libraries, and versioning as Lumeta Spectre Command Centers and Lumeta Spectre Scouts and are intended to be used together.
To make the best use of Portal, provide it with the latitude and longitude coordinates of each of your Command Centers. The Portal system's geolocation capability depends on having this positioning data. One way to find the coordinates of a Command Center location is to use most any browser-based map application. Search Get the Coordinates of a Place in your web browser to learn how using Google Maps.
Each Command Center is initially indicated by a red icon. This icon, with it's broken-chain imagery, indicates that the server certification for the particular Command Center has not yet been accepted. This prevents the Command Center from connecting to the Portal.
Next, you'll need to accept the Command Center's server certification, the procedure for which varies depending on which browser you use and whether or not your systems environment is PKI-enabled.
See Enabling PKI on Portal & Spectre for more on adding certificates to your server and browser.
Internet Explorer Only
Add the Portal to Internet Explorer's (IE) Trusted Sites before continuing.
To accept the Command Center's server certification, log in to the Command Center either in a new browser tab or by right-clicking a Command Center icon. Notice, too, that the system's DNS name, IP address, connection status, and the notification counts associated with that Command Center also display. Click Login.
Once you've accepted the certificate for that Command Center, the icons on the Portal map are replaced by icons that have been uploaded to represent that Command Center.
The Portal is compatible with Command Centers that use private-key encryption (PKI). See Enabling PKI on Portal & Spectre for procedures.
Before too long, you are likely to see a beaconing effect on the map. This indicates that a priority notification for a particular Command Center has come in. In the event a Command Center loses the connection to its Scout, for example, you will receive a priority alert–-a red beacon–-making you aware of the situation in real-time.
Following is an example of Command Centers with blue informational beacons and yellow warning beacons.
The number and severity of notifications issued at the Command Center level are transmitted to the Portal and displayed in beaconing and What is the Portal? indicators on its map.
Notification details also display below the map. The Notifications table provides details on the 50 most-recent ALERT- or WARN-level notifications issued by all of your Command Centers. Once you context-switch to a particular Command Center by clicking on it, the notifications below the map display only those of the selected Command Center. INFO-level notifications are also included in the most-recent notifications list when you are in the Command Center context.
The number of top-priority notifications that came in to a specific Command Center is indicated on the NE side of the Command Center icon on a badge. For example, if there are 2 ALERT notifications and 9 WARN notifications, the badge should display 2. If there are 0 ALERT notifications, 5 WARN notifications, and 65 INFO notifications, the badge would display 5.
To investigate a notification, left-click the Command Center that is beaconing. The context switches to that Command Center and you'll be able to work with the information as though you were in the Command Center as Viewer. To make more extensive changes in a Command Center including revising its configuration, right-click a Command Center to log into it directly with your Admin- or Manager-level account.
Once you're satisfied that the issues for which you've received notification have been or will be addressed, it's convenient to acknowledge the notifications. This can be done individually or all-at-once and also stops the beaconing effect. See Working with Maps for more on map behavior and notifications.