With the release of the latest versions of DNN, there was the introduction of a new host module, the Dashboard. This module was designed for the new Professional version of DotNetNuke. It’s main purpose is to give information about the server that the framework is running as well as some important information for anyone trying to provide support to another person.
The base module provides us with the following 6 tabs of information:
- Web Server
- Database Server
- Host
- Portals
- Modules
- Skins
Web Server
The web server information that is provided gives us lots of useful information for finding out key important information
- OS Version: This will tell us what version of the operating system we are running on and what service packs are installed with that OS
- Web Server Version: Each different IIS version has their own requirements on how things work and knowing the version can make life much easier when supporting someone.
- .NET Framework Version: The version of the .NET Framework that the web site is running under.
- ASP.NET Identity: This provides us with the identity of the user that ASP.NET is running under.
- Host Name: The name of the server that the site is being run on.
- Physical Path: The actual path to the root of the site on the server.
- Site Url: This provides us with the URL that is used to access the site with a browser.
- Relative Path: This is the virtual directory path.
- Server Time: The current date and time on the server.
This takes care of the first part of the module. I will get part 2 of the post out tomorrow which will cover the Database Server section of the Dashboard.
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