Glossary¶
A¶
- Access Token
- A credential used with your username to authenticate with CIQ Depot. Each organization has one active token. Found at portal.ciq.com/token.
- Admin
- An organization role with full management capabilities: members, invites, licenses, access tokens, event logs, and settings.
C¶
- Catalog
- The product discovery page in CIQ Portal where you can browse products, start trials, and purchase access. Accessible at portal.ciq.com/catalog.
- CIQ Depot
- CIQ's content delivery platform for distributing software. You access Depot content through the Depot Client CLI tool, or via direct methods like curl, rsync, and container tools. See the Depot documentation.
- Classic View
- An alternative display mode in My Products that shows a flat list of individual repositories instead of the default product grouping.
D¶
- Depot Client
- A command-line tool (
depot) installed on your systems to automate repository configuration and updates. Requires root access. See the Depot Client documentation. - DNF
- The package manager used in RHEL, Rocky Linux, and other RPM-based distributions.
E¶
- Event Log
- An audit trail of organization activity available to admins at Manage > Event Log. Records authentication, licensing, organization, security, support, and system events.
M¶
- Master Service Agreement (MSA)
- The legal agreement that governs use of CIQ products and services. Must be accepted during self-service product activation.
- My Account
- The personal account every Portal user has, shown in the organization switcher. Provides access to non-commercial and free CIQ software.
O¶
- Open Container Initiative (OCI)
- A standard format for container images. CIQ distributes some products as OCI container images.
- Organization
- A group in CIQ Portal that determines what software and services users can access. There are two types: personal (My Account) and shared (for commercial customers).
- Organization Switcher
- The UI element in the Portal sidebar for switching between organizations. Shows your role as a badge next to each organization name.
R¶
- Repository
- A collection of software packages or files organized for distribution.
- Reposync
- A utility for mirroring repositories using DNF/YUM. See the Reposync guide.
- Rsync
- A file synchronization tool for mirroring repositories. See the Rsync guide.
S¶
- Shared Organization
- An organization created for CIQ customers to access commercial software. Supports multiple users with different roles (Admin, User, Support Only).
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Authentication method allowing login with existing GitHub or Google credentials.
- Support Only
- An organization role that provides access only to the support portal for the organization.
U¶
- User
- An organization role that provides access to the organization's products, access token, and support portal.