# Dashboard overview

> A tour of the XDP.NETWORK console — sidebar navigation, the product page, the per-server console with live metrics and controls, and tickets.
>
> Canonical: https://xdp.network/docs/getting-started/dashboard-overview · Updated 2026-08-09

The console is where you watch your protection work: live traffic, attack history, bans,
and controls for every connected server. This page tours the main areas so you know where
things live before you need them.

## The sidebar

The sidebar is your main navigation. **Overview** is the landing page with a rollup of
your account. **My Products** lists every product assigned to your account — click one to
open its product page. If someone shares a product with you, it appears under **Shared
with me**. **My tickets** opens the support queue. Accounts with admin rights also see an
**Administration** section.

## The product page

Each product page opens with stat tiles summarizing the product's servers and current
traffic. Below them, the **Connected servers** card lists every server you have attached,
with its status at a glance.

To attach a server, choose **Add server**, paste the metrics API URL and API key printed
by `openshield key`, run **Test connection**, and save. The full walkthrough is in
[Connecting a server](/docs/openshield-xdp/connecting-a-server).

:::note
The console stores your API keys server-side. After you save a key, the browser never
sees it again — it only receives proxied, permission-checked responses.
:::

## The server console

Click a connected server to open its console.

### Live metrics tab

The default view: a live traffic chart in packets and bits per second, attack history
with per-attack forensics, the current ban list, and geo analytics showing where your
traffic comes from. For what a drop actually means, read
[How XDP filtering works](/docs/attack-mitigation/how-xdp-filtering-works).

### Control tab

Here you manage the server's whitelist and blacklist, set the geo mode, and tune the
traffic baseline the agent uses to spot spikes. The tab exposes allowlisted actions only
— the console relays a fixed set of permitted operations to the agent.

## Tickets

**My tickets** is the support channel. Open a ticket when a product is missing from your
account, a server will not connect, or you want help tuning. Attaching the output of
`openshield status` speeds things up.

## Next steps

- [Quickstart](/docs/getting-started/quickstart)
- [Connecting a server](/docs/openshield-xdp/connecting-a-server)
- [Glossary](/docs/getting-started/glossary)