Since Composer Monitor is delivered with configuration files in a compressed archive - and will received future updates - it is important to understand how to make changes and additions.

Changing the dashboards

Note that all dashboards are populated from their corresponding json file in the dashboards folder. Any changes made must be persisted by overwriting the contents of these files as restarting the Composer monitor system will re-populate from these files.

Composer Instances Overview is set as the default dashboard. It is read-only and populated from the dashboards/overview.json file.

To modify (add, rearrange, delete, etc) any dashboard - go to the Dashboards section in the menu and select the General folder.

Select the dashboard to modify. For example

• Make any desired changes.
• Save the dashboard.
• Click the Share dashboard or panel button next to the Dashboard breadcrumb (upper left).

• Choose the Export tab.
• Click the View JSON button.
• Click the Copy to Clipboard button.

• Paste the JSON content into the associated dashboard configuration file and save it.
• It is now saved locally (while Composer Monitor is still running the application) and upon restart - it will read the updated configurations.

Adding new dashboards or features

If you want to add a new dashboard, create it from the menu.

Make sure to save it and export it - save the exported json file in the dashboards folder.

Any additional configuration files / dashboards you create (that are not part of the Composer Monitor archive) will not be overwritten in an update.