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Administering Volt
The following topics contain information for HCL Domino Volt admins.
Controlling who creates HCL Volt applications
To configure who can create and delete applications, you need to modify the Access Control List (ACL) for VoltBuilder.nsf.

Administering Volt
The following topics contain information for HCL Domino Volt admins.
- Controlling who creates HCL Volt applications
  To configure who can create and delete applications, you need to modify the Access Control List (ACL) for VoltBuilder.nsf.
- Volt configuration settings
  Volt configuration settings are in VoltConfig.nsf in the volt folder of your Domino data directory (volt/VoltConfig.nsf). Use the Notes client or the Domino Administrator client to modify a configuration setting.
- Core Domino server configuration
  HCL Domino Volt is an add-on to the core HCL Domino server. Volt runs in the context of the Domino web server (HTTP process). Therefore, Volt is affected by the underlying Domino server configuration. This topic covers some of the core configuration settings that may affect Volt.
- Upgrading from prior releases
  Beginning with Volt 1.0.2, all Volt NSF files set the database property Don't Maintain Unread Marks as default, which should improve performance. NSF files created in prior versions of Volt are not changed.
- Adding a custom theme
- Volt Cleanup process
  Volt Cleanup primarily purges orphaned Builder attachments, orphaned application attachments, and old Preview databases. Prior to release 1.0.3, this process was done by the Volt Cleanup Agent.
- Enabling basic authentication for HCL Volt API requests
  If form-based authentication is enabled, you will see an HTML form for authentication instead of a pop-up window. This topic provides instructions on how to disable HTML form-based authentication for the HCL Volt server API URL paths and enable basic authentication.
- Securing your Volt deployment
- HCL Link integration
  HCL Link provides a platform for data and application integration.

Controlling who creates HCL Volt applications

To configure who can create and delete applications, you need to modify the Access Control List (ACL) for VoltBuilder.nsf.

Users with Editor access and permission to delete documents are able to create and delete Volt applications.

By default, the ACL of VoltBuilder.nsf allows any authenticated user Editor access and the ability to create a Volt application:
VoltBuilder.nsf allows any user access to create and delete apps by default

VoltBuilder.nsf allows any user access to create and delete apps by default

As an administrator, you might want to restrict who can create applications. To restrict who can create and delete applications, complete the following steps:

Create a "Volt App Authors" group in the Domino directory. You can use any group name. "Volt App Authors" is an example.
Add an entry to the ACL entry in VoltBuilder.nsf. Use "Volt App Authors" as the entry name. Set the user type to Group. Give the group Editor access and select Delete documents.
Change the Default ACL entry in VoltBuilder.nsf to have Reader access.

Note: By default, a user can only read and modify the applications they own. It may be useful to give at least one person in your organization permission to read and modify all applications. To do this, give a user Editor access and assign them the VoltAppsManager role. They will then be able to help other application authors with design and/or deployment issues.

For more information on VoltBuilder.nsf, see Post-installation tasks.