IT Administrators Guide

This guide is for IT teams (or experienced IT professionals) who will be setting up and hosting a udServer instance.

Use the links on the left to select a page.

Installation & Setup

  • System Requirements — supported operating systems, hardware sizing, and dependencies.
  • Generic Installation — installing udServer and PostgreSQL, and the initial configuration.
  • Amazon EC2 — deploying udServer on an EC2 instance.
  • OAuth Setup — configuring an OAuth/OIDC provider and bootstrapping the first administrator.

Administering a Running Server

These pages cover the in-browser Admin console used to operate the server day to day:

  • Admin Console — accessing the console and the global permissions that gate each section.
  • Server Configuration — general settings, email (SMTP), file storage, the server license, and acting as a license issuer.
  • Users & Organisations — server-wide user and organisation administration.
  • Analytics & System Log — usage analytics, web server load, and the system/crash event log.
  • Licensing & Purchasing — per-user licence products, prices, Stripe purchasing, and the legacy phase-out report.
  • Egress — server-wide outbound data reporting.
  • Backups & Restore — taking a full database backup and restoring from one.
  • Webhooks — subscribing external endpoints to server events.
  • Publishing Software — publishing downloadable software packages and builds.
  • Legal Documents — publishing your privacy policy, terms of service, and subprocessor list.

Work Items

System Requirements