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title: "Dashboards - Advanced parameters references"
description: "This guide lists some of the supported advanced parameters that allow you to configure your Cloud Analytics with Dashboards according to your use cases."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/data-analytics/dashboards-advanced-parameters-references
lang: en
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# Dashboards - Advanced parameters references

This guide lists some of the supported advanced parameters that allow you to configure your Cloud Analytics with Dashboards according to your use cases.

 

## Requirements

- A [Public Cloud project](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/) in your OVHcloud account
- A Dashboards service running on your OVHcloud Cloud Analytics ([this guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/getting-started.md) can help you to meet this requirement)
- Access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/) or the [OVHcloud API](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/)

 

## Instructions

**Warning:**

**NOTE:** The management of advanced parameters is not supported via Terraform.

### Using the OVHcloud Control Panel

Please refer to this [guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/advanced-configuration.md#using-the-ovhcloud-control-panel) to learn how to change your advanced parameters from the OVHcloud Control Panel.

 

### Using API

Please refer to this [guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/advanced-configuration.md#using-api) to find out how to change your advanced parameters from the OVHcloud API.

 

### Advanced parameters for Dashboards

You can find a complete list of configuration options via [OVHcloud API](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/#/cloud/project/%7BserviceName%7D/database/grafana/%7BclusterId%7D/capabilities/advancedConfiguration~GET). Below is a summary of some configuration options available for your Dashboards service:

|             |                                      |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Parameter   | `smtp_server.from_address`           |
| Value type  | string                               |
| Minimum     |                                      |
| Maximum     |                                      |
| Values      |                                      |
| Description | The address used for sending emails. |

 

|             |                        |
| ----------- | ---------------------- |
| Parameter   | `smtp_server.host`     |
| Value type  | string                 |
| Minimum     |                        |
| Maximum     |                        |
| Values      |                        |
| Description | Server hostname or IP. |

 

|             |                    |
| ----------- | ------------------ |
| Parameter   | `smtp_server.port` |
| Value type  | long               |
| Minimum     | 1                  |
| Maximum     | 65535              |
| Values      |                    |
| Description | SMTP server port.  |

 

|             |                                                           |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Parameter   | `smtp_server.skip_verify`                                 |
| Value type  | boolean                                                   |
| Minimum     |                                                           |
| Maximum     |                                                           |
| Values      |                                                           |
| Description | Skip verifying the server certificate. Defaults to false. |

 

|             |                                                                                                       |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Parameter   | `smtp_server.starttls_policy`                                                                         |
| Value type  | string                                                                                                |
| Minimum     |                                                                                                       |
| Maximum     |                                                                                                       |
| Values      | "MandatoryStartTLS", "NoStartTLS", "OpportunisticStartTLS"                                            |
| Description | Either OpportunisticStartTLS, MandatoryStartTLS, or NoStartTLS. The default is OpportunisticStartTLS. |

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Analytics guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/data-analytics/landing-page-data-analytics.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Cloud Analytics](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/cloud-analytics/) on the OVHcloud US website.

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