Once you enter a valid license key, you’ll be redirected to the General Settings page. These settings will be default configurations for all Mividas products installed under your license. You can modify these defaults anytime by navigating to Settings in the top menu.
General Server Settings
Option | Description |
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Server is running on SSD / SAN instead of hard drive: | Select this option to optimize database management based on your server’s storage type. |
Allow sending traceback of unhandled errors to Mividas: | Enabling this option lets Mividas receive traceback data on unhandled errors for troubleshooting. (see note below) |
Timezone | Set the default time zone for future Mividas product installations. |
Default Language | Set the default language for future Mividas product installations. |
To save your settings, click | .
Error Reporting Information: Allowing sending error messages and tracebacks for system failures to Mividas, along with a filtered list of defined variables to assist in replicating the issue (e.g., data type and length—excluding content).
Network Settings
Option | Description |
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Internal IP Address | The IP should match the one used for your Mividas VM setup. This will auto-fill based on the server’s IP. |
Internal Hostname | Enter the server hostname, ideally matching the hostname used during the Mividas VM setup. (For more information, refer to VM Deployment) |
Trusted HTTP Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy IPs | If your setup includes a firewall or load balancer that forwards requests to the server, enter its IP address here. This ensures that client IP addresses, not the balancer’s, appear in logs. |
DNS Overrides | Allows you to redirect specific domain name requests to custom IP addresses instead of resolving them through the default DNS server. |
To save your settings, click | .
SSL Settings
In this section, upload the SSL certificates to be used by default for server connections. Mividas Installer also includes tools for creating temporary certificates, useful for testing or as placeholders while waiting for official certificates. (Refer to Certificate Management for details.)
Option | Description |
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Upload new default public SSL-certifikate | Choose a Full chain PEM-formatted certificate bundle to upload. |
Upload new default private key | Choose the private key of the above chosen certificate to upload. |
Select existing certificate | Select a previouse uploaded certificate |
Upload new trusted CA-bundle | Choose a new PEM-formatted trusted CA-bundle to upload. |
SSL mode | Choose the preferred SSL mode |
To save your settings, click | .
Optional settings
Default Outgoing Email Settings (SMTP)
Configure your SMTP server to support email notifications, such as invitation emails. These settings will be auto-applied to future installations but can remain blank if not needed.
Option | Description |
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Display-name of sender | Enter the name to appear as the email sender. |
Sender email-address | Enter the email address for outgoing messages (typically a no-reply address). |
SMTP relay server hostname | Specify the SMTP server’s hostname. |
TLS mode | Choose your preferred TLS mode. |
Port | Specify the SMTP server port. |
Username | Enter the SMTP username. |
Password | Enter the SMTP password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen. |
Installer SAML login settings
Option | Description |
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Entity URI to pass to SAML server | This will normally be the address to the product you are setting this up for, e.g. https://core.example.com |
URL to autoconfig metadata XML-file | The URL that is used for the product to automatically get the metadata XML-file. Example ADFS: https://<ADFS FQDN>/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml Example Keycloak: https://<Keycloak FQDN>/auth/realms/<REALM>/protocol/saml/descriptor |
Offline idP metadata XML | This is only needed if auto configuration is not used. Paste the iDP metadata XML in the text field. |
Offline SP metadata XML | This is only needed if auto configuration is not used. Paste the SP metadata XML in the text field. |
Select or upload certificate | Either choose a previously uploaded certificate to be used, or upload a new one. |
Group/role/memberOf SAML claim | SAML Claim where you get the Group/role/memberOf to determine if the login is for a regular user, administrator or Superuser. What to enter here varies a lot depending on what service you use. Example: OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com |
Group/role claim value required for regular users | Enter the path for the group/role that is required for regular users. E.g. CN=regular-users,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com |
Enable single log out (SLO) | SLO allows users to log out from all connected applications in a single action. When a user logs out from one service, the logout request is propagated to all other services connected to the Identity Provider (IdP), ensuring the user is logged out across the entire system. |
External database server (beta)
You can choose to run your own database server, instead of the bundled one.
Option | Description |
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Hostname | Enter the Hostname/FQDN or IP of the database server. |
Username | Enter the database username. |
Password | Enter the database password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen. |
Authentication type | Choose authentication type. |
TLS mode | Choose what level of TLS is needed. |
Create new user/database autmatically for each component | Allows for the creation of a new database for each installation. Mostly useful for service providers to keep customer data in separate databases. |
External redis server (beta)
You can choose to run your own Redis server, instead of the bundled one.
Option | Description |
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Protocol | Choose the protocol for the communication. |
Hostname | Enter the Hostname/FQDN or IP of the Redis server. |
Username | Enter the Redis username. |
Password | Enter the Redis password. If no password is needed, enter a hyphen. |
Use as background task broker | All background task messages will be handled by Redis instead of RabbitMQ. |
Completing Mividas Installer Onboarding
Once all default settings are configured, you’re ready to add products available under your license key. These products will appear on the Mividas Installer home page, which can be accessed by clicking the logo at the top left or by selecting Installation in the main navigation bar.