Admin
Creating Accounts
The following examples assume you have Greenlight installed in the ~/greenlight directory. Before running the commands, change into the ~/greenlight directory.
$ cd ~/greenlight
Creating a User Account
To create an User account with specified values, in the Greenlight directory, run the following command:
$ docker exec greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake user:create["name","email","password","user"]
Once the command has finished it will print the account’s email and password.
Creating an Administrator Account
To create an Administrator account with the default values, in the Greenlight directory, run the following command:
$ docker exec greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake admin:create
If you would like to configure the name, email, or password of the Administrator account, replace the previous command with this:
$ docker exec greenlight-v2 bundle exec rake user:create["name","email","password","admin"]
Once the command has finished it will print the account’s email and password.
Administrator Panel
Greenlight has an administrator account that gives you the ability to manage users on the server.
Accessing the Administrator Panel
Once you are logged in as an Administrator, you will notice a new item in the Account Dropdown titled Organization.
Managing Users
Through the Manage Users tab, Administrators are able to view and search for all user accounts that have been created.
Administrators are also able to edit each account by clicking on the vertical ellipsis.
Search and Filter
The search box can be used to filter based on the Name, Username, Authenticator or Creation Date of any user.
To filter by the Role, click on any of the Role buttons under the Role Column. This will filter the list to show only the users with the clicked Role.
Deleting Accounts
To delete an account, select Delete from the Account Dropdown.
While this removes the account from Greenlight the user will still be able to sign up to Greenlight using the same email in the future.
Banning Accounts
To ban an account, select Ban User from the account dropdown.
This will remove the account from Greenlight and will also prevent the user from signing up using the same email to Greenlight in the future.
Editing Accounts
To edit an account, select Edit for the specified user. This will open the edit user view.
From the edit user view, Administrators are able to edit the name, email, roles, default language, and profile picture for the given account.
Editing Roles
To edit the role for an account, select Edit for the specified user. This will open the edit user view.
From the edit user view, Administrators are able to assign and remove roles for the given account. To remove a role click the x beside the role. To add a role select the role from the roles dropdown beneath the role tags.
NOTE: Administrators are only able to add or removes roles which have a lower priority than their highest priority role.
NOTE: While a user may be assigned multiple roles only the role with the highest priority will be used for determining a user’s permissions
Resetting User Passwords
If the user has forgotten their password, the Administrator can send them an email that they can use to reset their password.
To reset a user’s password, select Edit for the specified user. This will open the edit user view. From there, the Administrator just needs to click the Reset user password button and an email will be sent out to the user with the required instructions.
Server Recordings
Through the Server Recordings tab, Administrators are able to view all of the recordings that exist on their BigBlueButton server.
NOTE: Due to limitations on the BigBlueButton API, if your server has many rooms or recordings, the page may not load due to the request timing out.
Search
The search box can be used to filter based on the Name, Length, Users, Recording Owner, Visibility or Format of any user.
Sort
It is possible to sort recordings by metrics such as Name, User Number, and Length of Recording.
This can be done by clicking on the headers of the table (cycles through ascending, descending, and no particular order):
Site Settings
Administrators are able to customize Greenlight through the Site Settings Tab.
Change the Branding Image
To change Greenlight’s Branding Image which is displayed in the top left corner, replace the default image with a URL of your image and click Change Image.
Change the Primary Colour
To change Greenlight’s Primary Colour open the colour palette and select a new Primary Colour.
Changing the “Regular” Primary Colour will also automatically calculate the Lighten and Darken versions of the color.
If you would like to change the Lighten or Darken version, they can be individually changed to any colour possible.
The Primary Colour is the colour that Greenlight uses as a basis for the styling. This includes buttons, links, icons, etc.
Registration Methods
Through the Site Settings, you can configure the Registration Method for Greenlight.
Open Registration
Open Registration allows any user to sign up and sign in to Greenlight.
Join by Invitation
Join by Invitation disables the open sign up. Users will only be able to sign up if they have received an invitation from an Administrator.
To use Join by Invitation, ALLOW_MAIL_NOTIFICATIONS must be set to true in the .env file.
To invite a user, click in the Invite User button that is beside the Search Bar.
Enter the users email and click Send Invite. The user will receive an email with a button that will link them to the sign up page.
Approve/Decline
Approve/Decline allows anyone to sign up for Greenlight, but that user must be Approved inorder for them to access the features available through Greenlight.
When a user signs up, they will be set to a Pending state. The Administrator will be able be able to view all Pending users in the Manage Users table.
If ALLOW_MAIL_NOTIFICATIONS is set to true in the .env file, then all Administrators will receive an email when a user signs up.
Users can either be Approved or Declined by clicking on the Account Dropdown.
If ALLOW_MAIL_NOTIFICATIONS is set to true in the .env file, the user will receive an email informing them that their account has been approved.
If a user sign up is declined, they will be set to the Banned state. A banned user can not sign in or access any of the features in Greenlight.
Require Authentication to Join
By default, users that are not signed in can join any Room that has been started by the Room Owner if they are given the invitation link. This can be disabled, meaning that only users that are signed in will be allowed to join a Room.
Recording Default Visibility
Sets the default visibility of room recordings.
Public: everyone can view it if they have the room link.
Unlisted: only users who have the recording link can view it.
Number of Rooms per User
By default, users are allowed to create and manage as many rooms as they like. Using this setting, an Administrator can limit the number of rooms that the user can create. If the user is already above the limit and the setting is changed, the user will not be able to start any sessions for the rooms that are above the limit.
To allow the users to create as many rooms as they would like, select the option furthest to the right (15+).
User Roles
Through the Roles tab Administrators are able to edit the roles for their site.
A role’s position in the roles list denotes its priority. The higher up on the list the higher the priority of the role.
Creating a New Role
To create a new role click on the Create a new role button. This will open the create role pop-up where Administrators can specficy the new role’s name.
The new role will automatically be created with the second lowest priority only higher than the user role.
Changing a Role’s Priority
To change an existing role’s priority drag the role to the position you desire in the list of roles.
Note: Administrators are only able to change the priority of roles which have a lower priority than their own.
Note: The Admin role must always be the highest priority role and the user role must always be the lowest priority role.
Editing an Existing Role
To edit the permissions for a role select the role from the list of roles.
Once the administrator has selected the role they are able to update the name for the role as well as the colour associated with the role.
Administrators are also able to update the permissions for the role. The following section describes what each permission does
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
| Can create rooms | This determines whether or not users with this role are able to create their own Greenlight rooms. |
| Send an email to users when they are assigned this role | This determines whether or not to send an email to users when they are promoted to this role |
| Send an email to users when they are removed from this role | This determines whether or not to send an email to users when they are removed from this role |
| Allow users with this role to edit site settings | This allows users to access the Server Recordings and Site Settings tabs as if they were administrators |
| Allow users with this role to edit other roles | This allows users to access the Roles tab as if they were administrators |
| Allow users with this role to manage other users | This allows users to access the Manage Users tab as if they were administrators |
Note: Administrators are unable to change the name for the user role or any of the permissions associated with the Admin role. Administrators are also only able to edit the permissions for roles with a lower priority than their own role.
Deleting a Role
To delete a role click the “Delete the role button”. For the role to be successfully deleted no users may be assigned to the role. The admin and user roles also can’t be deleted.
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