Xibo Cloud CMS Defaults and Restrictions
Certain settings are pre-configured with Xibo Cloud hosting, some can be optionally changed whilst others are locked to prevent editing.
Default Settings
The following default settings can be optionally changed
CMS Password Policy
The default Password Policy requires a password of at least 10 characters in length. Our view is that password policies that require certain levels of complexity are great, but that length is the single most important factor when choosing a secure password.
Change from the Users tab.
Force HTTPS connections to the CMS
For a new CMS, all connections are required to be made over HTTPS, otherwise, they’re redirected. You can turn this off at your option, but please be aware it will make your access to the CMS less secure.
Disable from the Network tab.
Strict Transport Security
Strict Transport Security forces browsers connecting to a website to connect only to the encrypted HTTPS version of the website for a fixed period of time, to prevent downgrade attacks on your connection. For a new CMS, we disable strict transport security by default as it can conflict with some older Player devices. You can turn this on at your option, and configure the time that the restriction should be in place for.
Enable from the Network tab from the Settings page.
Default CMS Email Send From address
If you hold a CMS White Label theme, we change the default email address the CMS will send email to you based upon your preferences expressed when you created the theme.
Change from the Network tab from the Settings page.
Library Tidy
The Library Tidy function is off by default. This can be potentially destructive if you don’t understand the implication of running it with all options selected.
Enable from the General tab from the Settings page.
Xibo Exchange
Xibo Exchange templates are enabled by default.
Disable from the Connectors page from the main CMS menu.
Pixabay
Pixabay integration is enabled by default.
Disable from the Connectors page from the main CMS menu.
Restricted Settings
In certain cases, our support team may be able to make adjustments on your behalf if there is a valid use case and it won't negatively impact the security or performance of our Cloud environment.
Periodic Screenshot
This function can use very large amounts of bandwidth very quickly so is disabled.
Currently Playing Layout
This setting generates a high number of requests to the Cloud platform and is designed to be used only in a LAN environment.
Proxy Settings
No proxy is required to access the internet from the Cloud Platform.
Player side proxy settings on devices can be configured as required to access our platform.
Task Configuration
The system task configuration is locked as these have been optimally configured for you.
The fetch remote DataSet task is run hourly by default. Remote DataSets are intended for data which updates infrequently and not real time.
XMR Configuration
We pre-configure, lock and hide the XMR configuration as you don’t need to set that up yourself.
If you want to turn XMR off for one or more Players, you can do so at the Display Profile settings by entering DISABLED in to the XMR Public Address field.
File Download Mode and associated settings
These settings are pre-configured for you to give the best performance.
System Limits
We limit the number of Displays that can be authorised on the CMS, the size of the CMS library, and the total amount of bandwidth that can be consumed based upon what you have purchased.
Loadbalancer Whitelist
We fix and hide the loadbalancer whitelist setting as there is no need to change this value on our Cloud Platform.
Log Retention
We fix general system log retention at 4 days. Error messages etc are rarely useful after that time period. Old log messages are deleted.
Disable Import
The database import function is disabled as this could be used to circumvent restrictions described in this article. If you would like to bring an existing database with you when moving to Xibo Cloud hosting, please discuss with our Support team so they can make the necessary arrangements.
Themes
The theme settings are hidden in the CMS. On Cloud, you will use the standard Xibo theme unless you’ve purchased a CMS white label from us. In that case, we pre-configure the theme settings for you.
API / XMDS Rate Limits
To ensure that the Xibo Cloud hosting service remains performant for all our users, we do impose some basic rate limiting on your connections to the CMS. Where you interact with the CMS API, you may receive an error 429 if you exceed the rate limit. In that case, you should slow your overall request rate down.
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