Admin console tour

Every AudioSilo server ships with a built-in admin console. It is a plain web page served by the server itself - nothing extra to install - and it is where you manage libraries, users, invites and shares.

Opening the console

The console lives at /admin on your server. If your server runs at https://audiobooks.example.com, open:

https://audiobooks.example.com/admin

There is also an Admin section link at the bottom of the server's connect page (the page you get at the server's plain address, /).

Signing in

Sign in with an administrator account - the username and password created when you first set up the server (see First run if you haven't done that yet, or don't have the credentials to hand).

A few things worth knowing:

• Only admin accounts can use the console. Signing in with a regular listener account shows "This account is not an administrator."
• Admin accounts always have a password. Regular listeners often don't - they join with invite codes instead - which is why the console sign-in is username + password only.
• The Language selector at the bottom of the sign-in card (and in the sidebar once signed in) switches the console's language.
• If your session expires, the console returns you to the sign-in screen; just sign in again.

tip

The console is installable as an app. If you open it over HTTPS (or on localhost), your browser offers to install it - handy for keeping server admin one tap away on a phone or in the dock.

The layout

Once signed in, the console is a single page with a sidebar on the left and the selected section on the right. The sidebar has four sections:

Section	What it's for
Overview	Totals and a live view of what people are listening to.
Libraries	The folders scanned for audiobooks: add, reorder, rescan, correct folder detection, delete. See Libraries.
Users	Accounts: create users, manage roles and passwords, mint invite codes, grant access, disable or delete. See Users and invites.
Shares	Named sets of folders you grant to users to control who sees what. See Sharing.

The bottom of the sidebar shows who you are signed in as, a Sign out button, the language selector, and the server's version number.

Overview

Overview is the console's home screen ("Library size and what people are listening to"). It has three parts:

Stat cards

Four totals across the whole server:

• Books - every audiobook indexed, across all libraries.
• Libraries - how many library folders are configured.
• Users - how many accounts exist (admins and listeners).
• Listening now - how many books are currently in progress (started but not finished) across all users.

Books per library

A simple per-library breakdown: each library's name with its book count. Useful for spotting a library whose scan hasn't picked up what you expected - if the count looks wrong, head to Libraries and check the folder detection.

Currently listening

A cross-user feed of listening activity. Each row shows:

• the username of the listener,
• the book title and author they're on,
• when they last listened (as a relative time like "2h ago"),
• a progress bar with a percentage - or "done" once the book is finished.

The feed reflects saved listening progress, so it updates as people listen (players report progress periodically while playing).

note

The console holds no special powers of its own - every action it performs is checked by the server against your admin account. That's also why nothing breaks if a non-admin somehow opens the page: the server refuses every privileged request.

Where to next

• Libraries - point the server at your audiobook folders.
• Users and invites - create accounts and get people connected.
• Sharing - control which folders each person can see.