Admin Guide
Admin, Brain providers, alerts, and operational controls
Admin is where operators manage users, providers, alerting, and system audit views.
Users
CH-UI provides two user views:
- Application users: active users and role overrides in CH-UI
- ClickHouse users: live users from selected ClickHouse connection
From Admin you can:
- Create ClickHouse users
- Delete ClickHouse users
- Change ClickHouse user passwords
- Set CH-UI role overrides (
admin,analyst,viewer)
Brain Provider Management (Pro)
Configure providers globally for all users:
- Provider kinds: OpenAI-compatible and Ollama-compatible
- Base URL + API key per provider
- Sync models from provider
- Activate/deactivate models in bulk
- Set default provider/model
- Manage global Brain skill instructions
Alerts (Pro)
Alert channels supported:
- SMTP
- Resend
- Brevo
You can configure:
- Channel test recipients
- Alert rules by event/severity
- Multi-route escalation and cooldown
- Event feed for delivery status
Audit And Query Log
Admin exposes:
- Audit log for privileged actions
- Query log snapshot from ClickHouse
- Connection status overview
Operational Commands
./ch-ui server status
./ch-ui server restart
./ch-ui server stop
./ch-ui service status
./ch-ui service restartProduction Notes
- Keep at least one admin override account.
- Rotate provider keys periodically.
- Keep governance sync healthy before relying on policy alerts.