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Public share links

A share link is a URL you can hand to someone — a colleague, a vendor, an auditor — that shows one object (a prefix, device, IP, site…) as a read-only snapshot, without them logging in, until it expires.

It's the one place Danbyte shows anything to a signed-out visitor, so it's kept deliberately narrow:

  • it shows a single object's own fields, its tags, and its custom fields — nothing it links to, no tabs, no related data;
  • it's read-only — there are no edit controls and no way to reach the rest of the app;
  • it expires, and can be revoked at any time.

Off by default

An administrator must turn the feature on under Settings → General → Allow public read-only share links, and can set a maximum link lifetime there. Until then, no Share button appears.

  1. Open the object you want to share (a prefix, device, IP, site, VM…).
  2. Click Share in the page header.
  3. Choose how long the link should stay active — 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, or 30 days (only durations within the admin's maximum are offered).
  4. Click Create link, then copy the URL and send it.

Anyone who opens the URL sees the snapshot with a banner showing which deployment it's from, that it's read-only, and when it expires.

A link stops working the moment it expires. To cut one off sooner, an administrator opens Settings → Admin → Public share links, which lists every link in the tenant — its object, who made it, its expiry, and whether it's Active, Expired, or Revoked — and clicks Revoke. The URL then shows an "expired or revoked" message.

Treat the URL like a password

Anyone holding the link can view that object until it expires — there's no second check. Share it over a trusted channel, prefer short lifetimes, and revoke it when it's done its job.