Admin Console overview
These guides are for people who administer a Locai One appliance. Everyone else uses the Locai App; this section is the Admin Console in the browser.
The same topics are also in the console under Docs, so they still work on the office network if this site is unreachable.
Console map
Section titled “Console map”Every sidebar item, in the order it appears:
| Group | Screen | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dashboard | Health, capacity, and a copy-for-support snapshot of this appliance |
| Use | Models | What fits, load, unload, default model |
| Use | Assistant | The appliance-wide assistant name and default instructions |
| Use | Playground | Send a test request (OpenAI or Anthropic) with a key |
| Access | Users | Create, edit, deactivate, offboard; roles and MFA resets |
| Access | API keys | Keys and the URLs clients should use |
| Access | Activity | Usage, traces, and the admin audit log |
| Access | Limits | Organisation and per-person request caps |
| Appliance | Network | Office-network address, Wi‑Fi, Direct DNS |
| Appliance | Storage | Disk use; free space by removing unused files |
| Appliance | Monitoring | Live metrics for this appliance |
| Appliance | General | About, updates, power (reboot / shut down), factory reset |
| Privacy & support | Data sharing | Opt-in status reports. Off by default |
| Privacy & support | Docs | These same guides, on the appliance |
| Privacy & support | Support | Diagnostics package and time-bounded remote sessions |
| Privacy & support | Security | Box CA, session timeouts, sign out everywhere |
| You | Your account | Your password, appearance, and this session |
Day-to-day detail: Day-to-day operations. Network: Network. Certificates and support: Security and support.
Guides
Section titled “Guides”| Guide | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Getting started | First open of the console, first admin, box CA, first API key |
| Day-to-day operations | Users, models, assistant, keys, storage, general |
| Network and public access | Office network address, Direct DNS, public certificate |
| Security and support | Certificates, diagnostics, Locai support |
| Troubleshooting | Common failures and what to check |
Principles
Section titled “Principles”- Office network first. The console is always available on your network via the mDNS name. Public access is off until you opt in.
- On-appliance identity. Admins and users sign in with accounts that live on this box, plus an authenticator app.
- API without the Locai App. Developers can create an API key in this console (or in the Locai App) and call the OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible API directly.
Security posture for the box as a whole: How Locai One is secured.