The Configuration Service is the web-based control panel for a running VAM installation. You use it for everything except installing VAM in the first place — managing packages, changing platform settings, running backups and checking cluster health.

When to Use the Configuration Service vs. the Installer

Task

Use this

First-time install of VAM

vamctl installer

Upgrade VAM to a new version

vamctl installer

Add or remove a cluster node

vamctl installer

Install / upgrade / uninstall a package

Configuration Service

Change platform settings (cert, OIDC)

Configuration Service

Take or restore a backup

Configuration Service (or installer for full restores)

Check pod / service health

Configuration Service

Manage licenses

Configuration Service

How to Open It

Browse to https://<your-vam-host>/config (the exact URL was shown on the installer's Finish screen). Sign in with the OIDC identity provider you configured during installation — see Signing in.

You do not need access to the installer host to use the Configuration Service; it runs inside the cluster and is reachable over the network like any other web app.

The Navigation Map

After sign-in, the left navigation has these sections:

Section

What it's for

Packages

Browse, install, configure, upgrade and uninstall VAM packages.

Platform

Authentication (OIDC), certificates (ADCS), networking, storage license, replication, advanced settings and the audit log.

Backup

Run and schedule backups; verify and restore them.

Cluster

Read-only view of the underlying Kubernetes cluster — pods, workloads, services, events.

Data

Browse the platform data store (in development).

Health

On-demand health scan of the whole installation.

Your account menu (the avatar in the top-right) is where you sign out.

The Packages view is the steady-state workspace — most day-to-day operation happens there.

The storage license (AiStor enterprise license) lives under Platform → Storage license, not a separate top-level section.

Core Concept: Packages

Everything VAM installs is a package. The core asset-management services are packages; optional connectors and integrations are packages; sample data is a package. The Configuration Service is shaped around this:

  • The catalog shows packages available to install.
  • The package detail page shows a single installed package: its current version, its configuration, its lifecycle actions (upgrade, reconfigure, uninstall) and its health.

This means that to configure VAM, or to upgrade a feature, you find the relevant package and operate on it. There is no separate settings surface for individual features.

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