Clients
Group address, apply custom pricing and acceptance criterias, give priority, and get advanced insight on clients activity.
Client is a core component of CIDgravity.
Access: Storage
> Client
Create new client
Clients can be created from the client page or by clicking on any client proposed name from dashboards
or history
.
Pricing model and acceptance logic
When creating a client you can select to apply a specific pricing and acceptance logic to that client. It’s fine to not selecting one, the default pricing and/or acceptance logic will then apply.
Client identity
![Fill the identity information about the client](/storage-providers/manage/clients/identity-infos_hu6ebb929c82483543d798b4d94900b316_13804_20x0_resize_box_3.png)
Filecoin addresses
Fill all Filecoin addresses used by the client.
There are no constraints on the number of addresses that can be linked to a client.
After an address is entered press ENTER to start the address validation.
![Manage Filecoin addresses for this client](/storage-providers/manage/clients/filecoin-addresses_hu4b2d29691179ede884d7eb7028bf5ba2_20046_20x0_resize_box_3.png)
Peer IDs
In order to identify the customer when new retrieval deals are received, it is imperative to provide all the known Peer IDS associated to the client.
![Manage client Peer IDs](/storage-providers/manage/clients/client-peer-ids_huaf8c61830602610519ad45cb5cd01ffb_21802_20x0_resize_box_3.png)
Rate limits
It’s possible to specify client specific limits, keep in mind this is an additional limit, it does not override the global limits. More information on limits.
![Manage storage deal rate for this client](/storage-providers/manage/clients/storage-limits_hu2844282698ee280ccb690eb130b07fe2_16223_20x0_resize_box_3.png)
Start epoch sealing buffer
This setting overrides the global start epoch sealing buffer. More information on the start epoch sealing buffer.
![Define a value for the start epoch sealing buffer](/storage-providers/manage/clients/start-epoch-sealing-buffer_hu895f85af94da9144f32cba0080779897_23028_20x0_resize_box_3.png)
Block a client
When enabled, this feature start rejecting all deals from a specific client.
A custom message is concatenated to the rejection message sent back to the client.