NorthStar Controller Web UI Overview
The web UI has five main views:
Dashboard
Topology
Nodes
Analytics
Work Orders
Figure 1 shows the buttons for selecting a view. They are located in the top menu bar.
Some functions and features are not available to users logged in with view-only privilege.
The Dashboard view presents a variety of status and statistics information related to the network, in the form of widgets. Figure 2 shows a sample of the available widgets.
The Topology view is displayed by default when you first log in to the web UI. Figure 3 shows the Topology view.

The Topology view is the main work area for the live network you load into the system. The Layout and Applications drop-down menus in the top menu bar are only available in Topology view.
The Nodes view, shown in Figure 4, displays detailed information about the nodes in the network. With this view, you can see node details, tunnel and interface summaries, groupings, and geographic placement (if enabled), all in one place.
The Analytics view, shown in Figure 5, provides a collection of quick-reference widgets related to analytics.
The Work Orders view, shown in Figure 6, presents a table listing all scheduled work orders. Clicking on a line item in the table displays detailed information about the work order in a second table.
Functions accessible from the right side of the top menu bar have to do with user and administrative management. Figure 7 shows that portion of the top menu bar. These functions are accessible whether you are in the Dashboard, Topology, Nodes, Analytics, or Work Orders view.
The user and administrative management functions consist of:
User Options (person icon)
Account Settings
Log Out
More Options (menu icon)
Active Users
Administration (the options available to any particular user depend on the user’s group and full-access versus view-only privilege level)
System Health
Analytics
Authentication (System administrator only)
Device Profile
Device Collection
License (System administrator only)
Logs
Server Status
Subscribers (System administrator only)
System Settings (System administrator only)
Transport Controller
Users (System administrator only)
The system administrator (admin) functions can only be accessed by the admin and only when logged in with full-access privilege.
Documentation (link to NorthStar Controller customer documentation)
NorthStar Planner (launches the NorthStar Planner Java UI, without closing your Operator web UI)
About (version and license information)