Dashboard security options control which websites, IP addresses, and applications can access or embed the dashboard. It is used to allow dashboards only for particular users who want to view it.
This section explains how to restrict dashboard access based on IP address and allow to embed the dashboard in a particular domain.
Click the Dashboards context menu and select Security
to update security settings.
Here, you can specify the domains you want to allow the dashboard to be embedded and the device IP address/range of IP
addresses you want to allow the dashboard to view.
Specify the device IP address/range of IP addresses you want to allow the dashboard to access.
Specify the domains you want to allow the dashboards to be embedded.
The restriction can be applied in three ways for the dashboards.
The restriction will be applied to Private, Public, and Embed dashboards.
For example, specify the IP address that needs to be allowed in Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
field and choose always
in the dropdown.
In this case, the dashboard can be viewed based on the IP address, which is specified in the Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
.
Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
.The restriction will be applied only to the public dashboards accessed anonymously (without login).
For example, specify the IP address that needs to be allowed in Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
field and choose When the dashboard is public and accessed anonymously
in the dropdown.
In this case, the public dashboard which is accessed anonymously can be viewed based on the IP address which is specified in the Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
and it won’t affect private dashboards and viewing the public dashboards with login.
Allow dashboard access from these IP addresses
.The restriction will be applied only to the embed dashboards.
For example, specify the domain which the dashboard have to be embed in Accept embedding requests from these websites
field and choose When the dashboard is embedded
in the dropdown.
In this case, the dashboard can be embed in the domains which is specified in the Accept embedding requests from these websites
.
Accept embedding requests from these websites
.Learn more about the embedding the dashboard with advance dashboard security here.
When the dashboard is viewed from the allowed IP address,
When the dashboard is viewed from the restricted IP address,