Settings

Application settings
Snapshot interval
Defines how often a data snapshot of environments is taken. Can be overridden for individual environments in the environment configuration.
Use custom logo
Replaces our logo with your own. Toggle on and enter the URL to the logo. The recommended size is 155px by 55px.
Allow the collection of anonymous statistics
We collect anonymized information about your Portainer installation to help with our product development. You can opt out during installation, or toggle this setting off at any time. 
App Templates
You can deploy containers and services using Portainer's set of built-in app templates, or replace them with your own set of templates. Once you have a JSON file containing the template definitions, you can provide the URL to it here.
Helm Repository
If you wish to use your own Helm repository in place of the Bitnami repository we include by default, you can enter the URL to it here. If you don't want to use an external Helm repository, you can leave this field empty.
Edge Compute
To enable Edge Compute functionality in Portainer, select Settings from the menu then scroll down to the Edge Compute section. Toggle Enable edge compute features on then click Save settings. You can also adjust the Edge agent default poll frequency of individual environments to a value that suits.
Once Edge Compute is enabled, more options will be available in the menu:
Kubeconfig expiry
Select the expiry time for exported kubeconfig files from this dropdown. The new expiry time will only apply to configurations created after this value was changed.
SSL certificate
During installation, Portainer by default creates a self-signed SSL certificate to encrypt traffic between the Portainer Server and the end user, as well as between the Portainer Server and the Portainer Agent. This certificate can be replaced with your own certificate.
We recommend including the full chain in the certificate to ensure compatibility. If you do not have the full chain for your certificate, ask your certificate provider or use What's My Chain Cert? to generate it.
Force HTTPS only
If you have configured your Portainer Server instance to listen on 9443 (HTTPS) and 9000 (HTTP) you can toggle Force HTTPS only on to disable listening on port 9000.
Make sure that your HTTPS configuration is working correctly before enabling this option. Failure to do so may result in you being locked out of your Portainer installation.
Ensure that any Edge agents have been correctly configured for HTTPS communication before enabling this.
After making changes to this section, click Apply Changes.
Hidden containers
Stops a container from appearing in the Portainer UI through the container label. Enter the name and value of the label, then click Add filter. Containers with matching labels will be hidden.
Backup Portainer
This setting contains all of the information that Portainer stores on the /data volume, archived in a tar.gz file, and is optionally encrypted with a password. This archive is all you need to restore Portainer.
Backing up to a local disk
Log in as an admin user. From the menu select Settings, then scroll down to the Backup Portainer section.
Download backup file is the default option. As an optional step, toggle Password protect on and enter a password to encrypt the backup file. When you click Download backup, a tar.gz file will be downloaded via the browser.
The Store in S3 option is only available in Portainer Business Edition.
Restoring from a local file
Restoring a configuration is only possible on a fresh instance of Portainer during the initial installation. When you need to restore Portainer, deploy a fresh instance of Portainer with an empty data volume and choose the Restore Portainer from backup option during setup.
On the initialization page, expand Restore Portainer from backup. Click Select file then browse to and select the tar.gz backup file. If the backup was originally encrypted, enter the password then click Restore Portainer.
The restore might take a few moments. When it has finished, you will be redirected to the login page. You can now log in with your previous credentials and your previous configuration will be restored.