The Global Settings window is displayed.

The DNS suffix is the suffix that is appended to each virtual portal's name, in order to create the virtual portal's DNS name. For example, if a virtual portal's name is myportal, and the DNS suffix is example.com, then the virtual portal's DNS name will be myportal.example.com. The DNS name is used to connect directly to a virtual portal.

Timezone – The CTERA Portal's time zone.

Retain deleted portals for – The number of days to retain a deleted virtual portal. During this retention period, the administrator can undelete the portal, but after this period, the portal is permanently deleted along with the portal content. For details, see Deleting and Undeleting Virtual Portals.

Alert when lag is more than – In the event that replication falls behind, portal administrators are notified via email after a lag time of specified number of seconds.

Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS – Enable automatic redirection from HTTP to HTTPS.

HTTPS Port – An HTTPS port number to change the administration portal HTTPS access port. The following HTTPS ports are allowed: 443, 1024 to 65535. Restart the portal for the new port to take effect. For more information, see Access URLs for Administrators and End Users.

Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS – Enable automatic redirection of end users from HTTP to HTTPS.

Maximum file size to preview – The maximum file size CTERA Portal end users can preview using the online file viewer.

Cache expiration period – The time for which a file is stored in the Preview server cache after it is previewed, which causes the next preview of the same file to be faster.

Viewing session timeout – The amount of time after a file is previewed that the preview session is closed. After this amount of time, the user can no longer scroll through the document. If the user wishes to continue previewing the document, the user must close the preview window and open it again.

Minimum Password Length – The minimum number of characters that must be used in a CTERA Portal administrator's account password. The default is 7 characters.

Require password change on first login – Require administrators to change their password on their first login.

Require password change every – Require administrators to change their password after a certain number of months, then specify the desired number of months in the field provided. When the specified number of months has elapsed, the administrator's password will expire, and they will be required to configure a new password upon their next login.

Prevent reusing last... passwords – Prevent administrators from reusing a specified number of their previous passwords when they change their password. Specify the number of previous passwords you want this to apply to.

Passwords must contain at least.... of 4 character groups – Require administrators to choose passwords that contain at least a specified number of the following character groups:

Prevent using contact details in password – Prevent administrators from using their personal details in their password, including first name, last name, email, username, and company name. After checking this page, edit the content of the consent page.

Display consent page after login – After logging in to the portal the user is redirected to a consent page and only after the user accepts the terms in the consent page can the user access the portal. The consent page is enforced on all types of sign-in, such as via Active Directory, a Common Access Card (CAC) or via SAML single sign-on.

Click Restart button on the Main > Servers page.

The Timezone change is implemented after the restart.