Read-Only Non-SSO Access for Dashboard Wallboards
Summary: joshuapardridge describes a challenge faced with using LogicMonitor dashboards on always-on displays in their offices. The problem is that these dashboards require SSO for access, which becomes problematic when Windows updates or reboots cause the SSO session to expire, requiring a manual login to restart the dashboards. joshuapardridge suggests that a secure, non-interactive access method such as token-based access, service accounts, or IP-restricted links would be beneficial for maintaining uninterrupted dashboard display.
We use LogicMonitor dashboards on always-on screens in our offices (NOC / wallboard style) to show network and site health. The biggest issue we keep running into is that dashboards are locked behind SSO, which makes this use case really fragile. The screens run on domain-joined PCs, so when Windows updates or reboots happen, the SSO session expires, the page reloads, and the dashboard or playlist often stops. Then someone has to log back in and restart everything manually.
For unattended displays, tying dashboards to an interactive SSO user just doesn’t work well. It would be hugely helpful if there were a way to expose specific dashboards in a secure, read-only way without a full login — something like token-based access, a service account, IP-restricted links, or explicitly enabled public URLs. That would let dashboards run continuously without breaking every time auth refreshes, while still keeping things locked down. Curious if others are dealing with the same thing.
Jared Meidal
·6 months agoThis would be helpful in a similar scenario for our company.
We have tried public widgets and dashboards, but the alert lists do not carry over to public widgets.