Administration
The admin panel is available to users with the FACILITY_ADMIN role. It covers
user management, infrastructure settings, and all operational configuration.
User ManagementInvite users, assign roles, and manage self-registration.DepartmentsCreate and manage departments, assign users, set active/inactive.Data StorageBase path and allowed file extensions for sequencing-file discovery.Pipeline RuntimeExecution mode (local/SLURM), Conda, and weblog setup.Operational TelemetryOptional pseudonymous heartbeats for version adoption and update status.Sequencing TechnologiesPlatforms, instruments, library kits, and enable/disable controls.Form BuildersCustomize order, study, and run-assignment forms with custom fields.ENA CredentialsWebin account, broker mode, center name, and test mode configuration.
Other Admin Areas
These admin pages do not have dedicated guides yet. They are all reached from the Admin section of the sidebar.
| Page | Path (sidebar label) | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Modules | /admin/modules (Modules) | Enable or disable optional features: mixs-metadata, funding-info, billing-info, ena-sample-fields, ai-validation, account-validation, and notifications. The sequencing-tech module is always on and cannot be disabled. Some modules (billing, account validation, notifications) have their own settings. |
| Notifications | /admin/settings/notifications (Notifications) | Configure the hosted SeqDesk email relay and choose which events send mail — order submitted, order status changed, samples sent, and ticket events. |
| Background Workers | /admin/background-workers (Background Workers) | Start, stop, and pause background daemons and view their recent log output. Production deployments using PM2/systemd should leave these stopped and let the OS supervisor run them. |
| MinKNOW Stream | /admin/minknow-stream (MinKNOW Stream) | Control live Oxford Nanopore ingest. Start/stop/pause the stream monitor (and simulator) that watches MinKNOW output and ingests reads as they are produced. |
| Pipelines | /admin/settings/pipelines (Pipelines) | Pipeline catalog: install and sync pipelines, download their reference databases, and review pipeline outputs and download status. |
| Platform Info | /admin/settings (Info) | Platform-level controls: SeqDesk telemetry toggle, demo-data seeding, software updates, detected tool versions, diagnostics, and configuration sources. |
The Infrastructure entry (/admin/data-compute) is a read-only validation
hub that links to the editable Data Storage
and Pipeline Runtime pages.