Features

Features

This page walks through Sentinel’s UI by tab, and shows what each area does (with screenshots).

Warning

Sentinel includes powerful monitoring and remote-control capabilities. Use only on machines you own/manage, and only in environments where you’ve handled consent, privacy, and security requirements.

Overview (Agents)

The landing page lists agents and their status (online/offline, last seen, and summary details).

• Use this page to find the machine you want to inspect.
• Clicking an agent opens the per-agent view described below.

Agent detail

The agent page is divided into top-level areas (Activity, System, Data, Settings). The sidebar also exposes quick links.

Activity → Activity timeline

The Activity timeline gives a session-oriented view of what apps/windows were active over time.

Typical uses:

• High-level “what was happening” view during an incident window
• Jumping between active apps/windows to correlate with other captured signals

System & tools → Specs

Shows system and agent details (OS, hardware info, uptime, etc.).

System & tools → Screen

Live screen viewing (MJPEG) is demand-driven: capture starts when viewers connect and should stop when nobody is watching.

Common uses:

• Confirm what is currently on-screen
• Remote assistance / triage (when paired with remote control)

System & tools → Software

Installed software inventory collected from the agent.

System & tools → Scripts (Remote script execution)

Allows sending scripts to run on the agent if enabled on the server.

Notes:

• This feature is intentionally gated by server config because it is effectively remote code execution.
• Only enable it in trusted environments.

System & tools → Files

Browse the remote file system and download files.

Tips:

• The file browser opens in the user’s Documents folder by default.
• Use “Root” to jump to “This PC” (drive list) and browse other volumes.

Data → Windows

Window focus history shows foreground window changes (app + window title).

Data → Alerts

Alert hits produced by the rules engine (URL/keys channels depending on what’s enabled/collected).

Data → Audit (agent-scoped)

Audit log entries related to this agent’s views/actions (where implemented).

Global admin areas

Activity log (global)

Centralized audit/activity view across the system.

Users

Manage dashboard users and roles (admin-only).

Settings: retention & storage

Configure retention policies and see database/storage usage.

Notifications configuration

Create agent groups and alert rules.