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General Settings

Global application configuration. Settings live in the database (not in appsettings.json) so they survive container updates.

Sections

  • Application — app name, default theme, default language
  • SMTP — outbound email server
  • Appearance — logo, colours, login page customisation
  • Release Channel — stable / pre-release for the Updater module

Application

Field Description
App Name Shown in the browser tab title and the top header.
Default theme Light or dark — applied to new users and to the login page. Each user can still override it from their Profile.
Default language Locale used for new users. Each user can override it from their Profile.

SMTP

Field Description
Host / Port SMTP server address and port.
Encryption None, SSL or STARTTLS.
Username / Password Credentials (optional if your relay accepts anonymous send from the cv4pve-admin host).
Default sender From: address used by transactional emails (activation, password reset) and by the SMTP notifier.

The Send test email button verifies the configuration end-to-end.

The same SMTP server is reused by the SMTP notifier — see Notification Hub.

Appearance

Customise how the UI looks to your users.

Field Description
Logo Custom logo image shown in the top header and on the login page.
Favicon Browser tab icon.
Primary colour Overrides the default indigo theme accent.
Login page Background image, welcome text, footer text.

Useful for MSPs and enterprises that want to brand the admin interface for their own customers.

Release Channel

Controls which release stream the Updater and the in-app "new version available" indicator look at.

Channel What it shows
Stable Only final releases (e.g. 2.1.0). Recommended for production.
Pre-release Includes -rc, -beta, -alpha builds. Useful to evaluate upcoming features.
All Shows everything — typically used by maintainers / testers.