KOTS admin console configuration

The KOTS admin console initially uses a self-signed certificate, which you'll need to allow as an exception in your browser. Once you accept this exception, you are welcomed by the Configuration Wizard for the KOTS admin console. This wizard guides you through additional configuration steps for configuring the KOTS Admin Console's behavior, including the option to add a custom certificate if necessary.

After initial configuration of the KOTS admin console is complete, you are prompted to enter your admin console password that you created during the installation process. Upon your first login you need to configure the cluster.

Choose Continue to proceed to the KOTS admin console for Wickr.

For a single node Embedded Cluster, choose Continue to proceed to the KOTS admin console for Wickr. For multi-node installations, see Multi-Node installation.

Once in the KOTS admin console, configure your installation according to your needs. When utilizing the embedded cluster offering there are some key configuration settings that should be set to ensure proper functionality of your Wickr Enterprise installation.

• Hostname - This is the hostname you use when communicating with the Wickr installation. Make sure you create appropriate DNS records for this domain to point to your Wickr Enterprise installation.

• Under Advanced Options, check the [ ] Configure Ingress Controller option to expose a configuration block for configuring the Kubernetes Ingress. In the Ingress configuration block , select Single Node Embedded Cluster, and then enter the "public" IP associated with your Wickr server in the text box labelled Loadbalancer External IP (IPv4 Only).

  If you are unsure what this IP is, you can run the following command from the command line on the Wickr server to determine this value: ip route get 1.1.1.1|awk '{print $7}'

• Under Advanced Options, check the Enable Low Resource Mode option.

• Under Calling, if you are using a single node Embedded Cluster, make sure Require Calling Nodes is deselected. Otherwise, if you have added a Calling node during the initial setup, make sure Require Calling Nodes is selected.

• If you want an all in one solution that does not utilize an external Database or S3 Compatible storage for file sharing, select the Internal options for the following settings:

  • Database

  • S3 Storage Location

    The internal S3 storage location provides additional options for configuring storage capacity. It is recommended to start small and expand as necessary, since scaling down is not an option after provisioning.

Once you have configured all the necessary features, scroll to the bottom of the configuration page, and choose Save Config. This will initiate some preflight host checks. Once the preflight checks are complete, choose Deploy to begin the Wickr Enterprise Installation.

Now you are ready to begin configuring your Wickr Enterprise installation. For more information on configuring Wickr Enterprise, see What is Wickr Enterprise?.