Using the Dashboard

Configuring your server

Updated on May 15, 2025

Once initialized, your Prose server can be configured with the following sections:


Team Members

The Team Members screen is where:

  • You can manage existing team members (eg. remove them)
  • Add new team members (by sending an invitation email to them)
Team members screen, with invited members
Team members screen

Server Features

Server Features is the section where you can fine-tune the policy of your server regarding:

  • Storage of user messages in the server-backed archive
  • The retention time of the message archive
  • Whether users can upload and share files
  • Whether to encrypt uploaded files or not
  • How much time user uploads should be kept on the server (and removed after the expiration time)
Server configuration screen
Server configuration screen

Customization

The workspace Customization area is described in the Customizing your workspace guide.

Customization screen, with configured details
Customization screen

Security & Encryption

The Security & Encryption area lets you:

  • Specify if TOTP/MFA is mandated on your server (for all team members)
  • Configure the minimum required SSL/TLS protocol version (higher is more secure, and less compatible)
Security & Encryption screen
Security & Encryption screen

Network Setup

The Network Setup area allows you to:

  • Configure the visibility of your server on the network (is it allowed to communicate with other Prose servers?)
  • Show DNS records and setup instructions to configure your domain name
  • Run diagnostics to check for network configuration mistakes
Network Setup screen
Network Setup screen
Network Setup screen, with active network check
Network Setup screen (on network check)
Network Setup screen, with DNS records
Network Setup screen (on DNS records)

Backup & Reset

You can download a full back up of your Pod from there, which can be used to quickly restore your Pod to a given state (with all its configuration and user data).

If you wish to perform a factory reset of your Pod, it is also possible. Make sure to download a backup of your Pod before you erase it!