Click the Properties tab to enable or configure the different features supported by the Unit Assistant role. It can also be used to configure advanced settings.
Diagnostic settings
- Traceroute
- Enable this setting to monitor cameras and produce diagnostic information when there
is a camera connection issue with the Archiver role. The results of the diagnostics are
recorded in the Camera events task. Traceroute runs on each
Archiver role when enabled and it can consume a small amount of resources. Make sure to
validate the Archiver resources after enabling the feature.
- Hop timeout
- Specify the timeout, in seconds, for traceroute connection hops. The default value is 10 seconds. Increase the value if there are too many timeout errors in the report.
- Maximum concurrency
- Specify the maximum number of simultaneous traceroute executions allowed per Archiver role. The default value is 30.
- Maximum number of timed out hops
- The maximum number of hops that can time out before the execution is canceled. The default value is 3.
- Retention period
- Specify, in days, how long to keep traceroute entries. The default value is 30 days.
Security settings
NOTE: This section is only visible if the Certificate Signing plugin is installed on your
system.
- Security policies
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- Allow renewal of expired certificates
- This setting is on by default. It allows the system to automatically renew unit certificates even when they are expired. If you do not want the system to renew certificates that are expired, turn this setting off. You can always manually renew unit certificates from the Hardware inventory task.
- Enable HTTPS on units after successful certificate installation
- Enable this setting to force the unit to switch to HTTPS after the certificate is successfully installed. The HTTPS ports configured in Security Center for the units might change during the process when the Unit Assistant can detect the correct port.
- Notifications
- Specify, in days, when you want the system to send a notification before the certificate expires.
- Certificate information
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- Validity period
- Specify, in days, weeks, months, or years, the validity period of the renewed certificate. The maximum value is defined in your certificate profile that is configured in the Credential profile page of the Unit Assistant role.
- Show advanced
- Click this button to show the optional properties you can assign to the certificates. Country, State, Locality, Organization, and Organizational unit serve to identify a certificate as being issued for your organization.
- Public key infrastructure
- The Unit Assistant role must rely on a trusted CA to sign the certificates it deploys.
The Endpoint is the URL of the CA that the Unit Assistant role
must connect to. .NOTE: For the time being, the only CA that is supported is the Security Center Certificate Authority. Its endpoint is specified by default. The Set custom endpoint button is for future use.
- Advanced settings
- The advanced settings are reserved for use by Genetec Technical Assistance Center.