Server Management
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Server Management is available to the top-level 'admin' account or anybody signed in with an admin role. Click 'manage' at the top of the home screen to enter the Administration area, which looks like this:
Use this to set the hostname of the server, or to enable HTTPS. You should always access the server by its hostname rather than the internal IP address.
Once HTTPS is activated it will be valid for 90 days at a time. You will receive an automated email from LetsEncrypt when it is time to renew your certificate. To do so, simply come back to this panel and the Enable button will offer you to renew the certificate. When you enable HTTPS, the engine will restart and all streams will be disconnected for up to 30 seconds.
Starting in Streamwell 1.6.0, we will attempt to automatically renew the certificate once issued. However you should still check the validity every 90 days to make sure there wasn't a problem renewing the certificate.
Problems with cert renewals? See Troubleshooting for more.
The features panel is a simple list of checkboxes to turn on/off panels like recordings, chat, file uploads, and restreaming. You can also enable advanced features like SRT input or Debug Mode as required.
The preferences panel lets you change the look and behaviour of the web interface. You can decide on visual features like live thumbnails on the home screen, watermarking options, the channel sort order, and whether clients see chat/file upload modules or just the stream. You can also set a custom welcome message, shown whenever users log in.
Streamwell uses a SQL database which makes backup and restore very robust. Simply click backup to download a database file, or restore to upload one. If your database is from a previous version of Streamwell, it will be automatically updated like magic.
See How to Update for more information about updating Streamwell, but you should always download a backup before updating.
This panel lets you check the status of the streaming engine, as well as testing it, restarting it, and even manually editing the configuration (be careful with the config editor. It's mostly intended for use by support or pro services).
Restarting, then testing the engine is usually the best first troubleshooting step if anything is misbehaving. For anything more, contact support!
An easy way to view the Server and Engine logs in the browser, or download them if you need to send them to support. You can also see how long the server has been running, which version is installed and how much disk space is left on the system drive.
The customization section allows you to change certain characteristics about the application. to represent yourself or your brand:
Set Custom Title - The name at the top of the browser window and in rich link previews (e.g. “My Studio”). This is also where you can enter special Cheat Codes if instructed by support. There are some easter eggs here too. Think of a famous Jedi cheat code on N64 and the name of a strange boat at a chocolate factory...
Broadcast Message - send an instant pop-up message to everybody on the server, or just Admins/Creators only. Handy if you need to make a company-wide announcement.
Manage Themes - Themes allow you to set a different look and feel for each channel individually. Choose 'Manage Themes' to change either the default (system) theme or create new themes for use across channels of your choosing. When creating or editing a channel you can then switch the theme as needed. Note that logo files must be PNG images and backgrounds must be JPG images, with a maximum size of 500KB each - remember, people will be loading these images when they visit your Streamwell server so smaller is always better!
Provide your own custom CSS which loads after the main 'streamwell.css'. You can also use the following CSS variables to override theme preferences: --text-color, --accent-color, --header-color, --background-color, --foreground-color
