Unit Assistant - Properties tab - Security Center 5.11

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.11

Applies to
Security Center 5.11
Last updated
2023-11-10
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.11

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
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
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.