Manual Chapter :
Adding Hosted Content to Access Policy Manager
Applies To:
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BIG-IP APM
- 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0
Adding Hosted Content to Access Policy Manager
About uploading custom files to Access Policy Manager
You can upload custom files to BIG-IP®
Access Policy Manager(APM) to provide resources directly to
users.
For example, you can upload BIG-IP Edge Client® installers, antivirus or firewall
update packages, or Citrix receiver files for your users to download. You can upload custom images, web
pages, Java archives, JavaScript files, CSS files, archive files, and many other types of files as well.
Optionally, you can compress and upload multiple files as a single ZIP archive file. When you
upload an archive file, you can choose to either upload the compressed file, or upload and
extract the compressed file.
- Upload Only
- Select this option to upload an archived file that must remain in archive format. For example, you can upload a ZIP file for a user to download, containing a package of documents, or an application and related files. Some applications also use archived files; for example, you will upload a JAR file without extracting it.
- Upload and Extract
- Select this option to upload an archived file and extract it to the specified location. The folder hierarchy of the extracted file is preserved when you use this action. Select this option when you are uploading a collection of files that must be separated on the server for use by the end user; for example, to upload a web application that includes top-level HTML files, and subdirectories containing scripts, images, CSS, and other files.
Understanding hosted content
Hosted content is any type of file you would like to serve from Access Policy Manager (APM) to access policy users. Hosted content can include
executable files, scripts, text, HTML, CSS files, and image files. You can serve hosted content
from a webtop link, or from a portal access link.
About accessing hosted
content
To access hosted content, a user must belong to an access profile that is
associated with the hosted content. After content is uploaded to Access Policy Manager (APM),
the entire hosted content library must be associated with one or more access profiles. These
access profiles alone can view the content.
In addition, each file uploaded to the hosted content repository is assigned
a permission level that determines the users who can access that content.
Permissions for hosted content
A permission level is assigned to each file in the hosted content repository, as
described here.
Permission level |
Description |
---|---|
policy |
The file is available only to users who have successfully completed an access
policy, with an Allow ending result, and an access profile
associated with the hosted content repository. You can assign this to display an HTML
file that only a verified user can see. |
public |
The file is available to anyone with an access profile associated with the hosted
content repository. You can assign this to allow access to an installation package
that a user needs to start an access session. |
session |
The file is available only to users with an active access policy session and an
access profile associated with the hosted content repository. You can assign this to
allow a user with an active session access to a required logon component. |
Task summary for adding hosted content to APM
To add hosted content to APM, complete these tasks.
Task list
Uploading files to Access Policy Manager
Before you upload multiple files to Access Policy Manager, you can
compress and combine the files into a ZIP archive file. Then, you can upload and extract the files
in one step.
You can upload files to Access Policy Manager to provide content for public viewing, to
provide pages and content to Portal Access connections, or to provide customized webtop
links.
- On the Main tab, click.The Manage Files screen opens.
- Click theUploadbutton.The Create New File popup screen opens.
- For theSelect Filesetting, click theBrowsebutton and select the file to upload.
- To upload each file separately, select the first file, then repeat this step for all remaining files.
- To upload all files at once from a compressed file, select the compressed file.
TheSelect FileandFile Namefields are populated with the file name. - If you are uploading a compressed file that you want to extract, from theFile Actionlist, selectUpload and Extract.
- ClickOK.The file appears in the hosted content list.
You must associate any access profiles that will access hosted content with the hosted
content repository.
Associating hosted
content with access profiles
A user can access hosted content that is
associated with that user's access profile. Each access profile that requires hosted
content access must be associated with the entire hosted content repository.
- On the Main tab, click.The Manage Files screen opens.
- On theUploadbutton, click the right-side arrow to selectManage Accessfrom the list.The Access Settings popup screen opens.
- Select the access profiles to associate with hosted content, then clickOK.A user must belong to an associated access profile to access hosted content.
View the hosted content list, and verify that the
access policy association was successful.
Implementation result
As a result of these implementation tasks, you have edited files and deleted hosted files
on Access Policy Manager as necessary.