Deploy GUI

Introduction#

The GUI is packaged along with the DBA Dash service for convenience, but you might want to deploy this separately.

Requirements#

• Windows machine with .NET 8 Desktop Runtime
• DBA Dash repository DB already deployed.

Security#

To run the GUI, users only need access to the repository database. No access is required to any of the monitored instances. Consider creating a group that grants access to DBA Dash. To grant minimum permissions:

• Add the user/group to the “App” role in the DBA Dash repository database. The role has SELECT and EXECUTE permissions.
• Optionally add the user to the ManageGlobalViews database role. This allows users to save customized Metrics views for all users.

Setup#

1. Download the GUI_Only package
2. Extract it to a folder on your PC
3. Run DBADash.exe
4. Connect to the repository database.

Upgrades#

Users will automatically be prompted to upgrade if the GUI version is different from the repository. See here

Other deployment options#

• Deploying the GUI to a network share is possible. This might make upgrades harder with locked files though.
• Deploying to a Google Drive is an option.