Message of the day (MOTD)

.. _dashboard-motd:

Message of the day (MOTD) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Displays a configured "message of the day" (MOTD) at the top of the Ceph Dashboard.

The importance of an MOTD can be configured by its severity, which is info, warning or danger. The MOTD can expire after a given time, this means it will not be displayed in the UI anymore. Use the following syntax to specify the expiration time: Ns|m|h|d|w, where N is an integer followed by seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks. If the MOTD should expire after 2 hours, use 2h or 5w for 5 weeks. Use 0 to configure a MOTD that does not expire.

To configure a MOTD, run the following command:

.. prompt:: bash #

ceph dashboard motd set severity:info|warning|danger <expires> <message>

To show the configured MOTD:

.. prompt:: bash #

ceph dashboard motd get

To clear the configured MOTD run:

.. prompt:: bash #

ceph dashboard motd clear

A MOTD with a severity of info or warning can be closed by the user. The info MOTD is not displayed until the local storage cookies are cleared or a new MOTD with a different severity is displayed. A MOTD with a warning severity will be displayed again in a new session.