Admin
Organizations, teams, the server.
Run Eigen on your own serverWhat it takes to host Eigen yourself, and the articles that walk you through installing, running, and looking after it.Set up your Eigen serverRun the first-time setup wizard to configure your organization, storage, and admin account before anyone can sign in.Add and manage membersCreate a new user account, change a member's role, reset their password, or remove them from your Eigen server.Create and manage teamsCreate a team in Admin, add and remove members, and delete a team you no longer need.How team membership and shared content workUnderstand what a team is, what members can see and do, and how content is shared across the whole team.Enable and configure guest accessControl how external people sign in to view shared files, set how long inactive guest accounts are kept, and review current guests.Set storage quotas and the default storage typeSet storage limits for the whole server, choose where new users' files are stored, and raise those limits for specific teams.Make an S3 bucket safe for EigenUse the Bucket safety panel to turn on versioning and an old-version cleanup rule for the S3 bucket that holds your files.Server settingsA reference for the Settings page in Admin, covering your organization name, the server status, the sender of Eigen's mail, storage quotas, default storage type, backups of the whole server, email notifications, and the landing page buttons.Add your own buttons to the landing pagePut extra title-and-link buttons on the public landing page from the Settings page in Admin.Back up a user or teamCreate a verified backup of one user or one team in Admin, then download, verify, or upload an archive.Restore a user or team from a backupReplace one user's or team's account with an earlier backup archive in Admin, and keep the current state as a safety copy.What a backup contains and how it is checkedA reference for what one user's or team's backup holds, what it leaves out, how Eigen verifies it, and the limits of the backup panel.Clean up orphaned dataFind and remove user accounts that are no longer attached to your organization.Welcome new users with an email and a contactWrite the welcome message new users find in their Inbox, and add the owner to their contacts, from the Onboarding page in Admin.Manage the waitlistReview sign-up requests, send invitations, and track who has registered when the waitlist is turned on.