Customize your Code42 console

Overview

You can customize these elements of the Code42 console:

• Code42 console images
• Code42 console labels
• Button colors on the sign-in screen
• Account recovery links on the sign-in screen

This tutorial describes how to make these customizations.

Considerations

• Custom labels and buttons are not automatically preserved when a server upgrades from 5.3.x or earlier.
• If you use managed appliances, you cannot perform most of these customizations because they require access to your Code42 server's file system. If you use managed appliances, contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) to engage the Code42 Professional Services team.
• Customizing Code42 console images can be performed by all users with access to the Code42 console because that process uses the Code42 API.

Customize Code42 console images

The Code42 console supports customization of two images:

• The sign-in screen logo
• The Code42 console header

You must use the Code42 API to customize images in your Code42 console.

Customize Code42 console labels

On your Code42 server's file system, navigate to, or create, the custom folder:

1. • Linux: /opt/proserver/content-custom/Default-custom/shared/custom
   • Windows: C:\Program Files\CrashPlan PROe Server\content-custom\Default-custom\shared\custom
2. Open or create the file properties.json.
3. Add name:value pairs for each text string you want to customize. A list of supported names and values is provided below. The name:value pairs should be formatted like this: 

{
  "en": {
    "login_logo_text": "Enter your email address",
    "_placeholder_password": "Enter your password"
  }
}

4. To customize text for different languages, update the language code (for example en, es, fr, de) . The list of available localizations is provided below. You can add multiple languages to this file. The name:value pairs should be formatted like this: 

{
  "en": {
    "login_logo_text": "email address",
    "_placeholder_password": "Enter your password"
  },
  "es": {
    "login_logo_text": "Dirección de correo electrónico de la universidad",
    "_placeholder_password": "Ponga la contraseña aquí"
  },
}

5. Save your changes to the file.
6. Clear your browser's cache, and open the Code42 console to view your changes.

Customize sign-in screen button colors

You can customize the colors of buttons on your Code42 console's sign-in screen using  custom CSS specifications.

1. On your Code42 server's file system, navigate to or create the custom folder:
   • Linux: /opt/proserver/content-custom/Default-custom/shared/custom
   • Windows: C:\Program Files\CrashPlan PROe Server\content-custom\Default-custom\shared\custom
2. Open or create the file properties.json
3. Paste the following into that file:

   {
     "buttonColor": "#5238AF"
   }

4. Replace the hex color code (#5238AF in the above example) with the hex color code of your desired color.
   Several online tools can help you identify a hex color code, such as W3Schools's HTML Color Picker.
5. Save the file.
6. Clear your browser's cache and open your Code42 console's sign-in screen to see your customized button colors.

Show account recovery links

The Code42 console sign-in screen can display two account recovery links:

• Sign up for an account
• Forgot your password?

These links are hidden by default. To show these links:

1. On your Code42 server's file system, navigate to, or create, the custom folder:
   • Linux: /opt/proserver/content-custom/Default-custom/shared/custom
   • Windows: C:\Program Files\CrashPlan PROe Server\content-custom\Default-custom\shared\custom
2. Open or create the file properties.json
3. Add the following to properties.json:

   {
   "showAccountRecoveryLinks": true
   }
   

4. Save the file.
5. Clear your browser's cache and open your Code42 console's sign-in screen to see your account recovery links.

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• Code42 console overview
• Code42 console reference
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• Code42 console command-line interface reference

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