Storage Admin

The Storage Admin tools are available in the Central Admin panel and provide file management and network data inspection capabilities.

Path: Central Admin > Storage

Required role: Authenticated central admin user

File Browser

Browse, upload, download, and delete files on the platform's S3 storage.

Feature	Description
Disk switcher	Switch between Private (S3) and Public storage buckets
Breadcrumb navigation	Click any path segment to navigate directly
Search	Filter the current directory listing by filename
Upload	Upload files to the currently viewed directory
Download	Stream files from S3 through the server
Delete	Remove files with a confirmation prompt

The file listing shows directories first (with folder icons), then files with their size and last modified date.

VATSIM Wayback

Browse archived VATSIM data snapshots captured by the platform's scheduled data fetcher. The page auto-loads the most recent snapshot and provides time-based navigation.

Navigation

Feature	Description
DateTime picker	Jump to any date/time — the nearest available snapshot is loaded automatically
Prev / Next buttons	Step through snapshots chronologically
Snapshot info bar	Shows the current snapshot's identifier timestamp and creation date

Dashboard

Stats cards display at a glance:

Card	Description
Pilots	Number of connected pilots
Controllers	Number of connected controllers
ATIS	Number of ATIS stations
Timestamp	The VATSIM update timestamp

Flight Search

Search across all pilots in the loaded snapshot by callsign, CID, departure airport, or arrival airport. Results appear as compact single-line entries:

callsign | aircraft | DEP → ARR | FL350 · 450kt

Click any flight to open a detail modal with full pilot information organized into sections:

Section	Fields
Identity	CID, name, server, pilot rating, military rating, logon time, last updated
Position	Latitude, longitude, altitude, groundspeed, heading, transponder, QNH
Flight Plan	Flight rules, aircraft, departure, arrival, alternate, cruise TAS, altitude, dep time, enroute/fuel time
Route	Full route string (monospace)
Remarks	Flight plan remarks (monospace)

Raw JSON

A toggle button at the bottom of the page reveals the full decompressed JSON content of the current snapshot.

IVAO Wayback

Browse archived IVAO data snapshots. Same navigation and search UX as VATSIM Wayback, adapted for IVAO's data format.

Navigation

Works the same as VATSIM, but uses the snapshot's creation timestamp (instead of identifier) for time-based lookups, since IVAO identifiers are MD5 checksums.

Dashboard

Card	Description
Pilots	Number of connected pilots
Fetched At	When the snapshot was captured

Flight Search

Search by callsign, user ID, departure, or arrival. Compact result lines show:

callsign | aircraftId | DEP → ARR | FL350 · 450kt

Detail modal sections:

Section	Fields
Identity	User ID, callsign, created at, first/last name, rating, division
Position	Latitude, longitude, altitude, ground speed, heading, transponder, state, on ground
Flight Plan	Aircraft ID, aircraft model/wake/type, departure/arrival with airport details, alternate
Session	Simulator ID, software type

Raw JSON

Same toggle as VATSIM — shows full decompressed JSON.

CLI Commands

Two artisan commands are available for managing snapshots. Both dispatch jobs to the queue for parallel processing.

Command	Description
storage:sync-snapshots	Lists S3 files and dispatches a sync job per file to backfill the database index. Supports --network=vatsim or --network=ivao to sync a single network.
storage:compress-snapshots	Queries uncompressed snapshots from the database and dispatches a compression job per file. Supports --dry-run to preview changes without dispatching.