How-to guides
Short, step-by-step guides for the things you actually do in Rakkr — each one a single task, start to finish. If you are new, read Get around the console first; after that, jump to whatever you need.
These pages tell you what to click. When you want to understand how a feature works underneath, each guide links to its deeper reference under Guides.
Operating Rakkr
Everyday tasks for operators — capturing, monitoring, and shipping audio.
| I want to… | Guide |
|---|---|
| Record a session right now | Record a session |
| Set up recurring / scheduled recordings | Schedule recordings |
| Listen to and watch a room live | Monitor a room live |
| Find, play, download, or organize files | Find & manage recordings |
| See what’s queued/running, retry a fail | Track recording jobs |
| Handle an alert about a bad recording | Respond to health alerts |
Administering Rakkr
Setup and governance for administrators — rooms, access, hardware, and the templates that shape every recording.
| I want to… | Guide |
|---|---|
| Create and edit rooms | Manage rooms |
| Give a person or group access to a room | Grant access to a room |
| Bring a recorder node online and set it up | Enroll & configure nodes |
| Add, edit, disable, or reset a user | Manage users |
| Manage groups and allow/deny access policies | Manage groups & access policies |
| Define codecs, quality, and enhancement | Configure recording profiles |
| Tune when bad-audio alerts fire | Tune watchdog policies |
| Send recordings to SMB/S3 storage | Set up storage & uploads |
| Map capture channels to outputs | Configure channel maps |
| Auto-route room audio to listener desks | Set up switcher routing |
| Review who did what, and when | Read the audit log |
A note on permissions
Rakkr is default-deny: you can only do something if your role grants the permission and you are in scope for the specific room, node, or recording. The console hides controls you can’t use, so a missing button means you genuinely lack that right — see Why can’t I see or do something?. Each guide below opens with a Who can do this note.
For the whole access model — roles, room rosters, scope, and how an explicit deny wins — see Authentication & RBAC and the permissions reference.