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Overview: APM Clients
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Overview: APM Clients
About the Network Access client component
The browser-based Network Access client component provides full network access through BIG-IP®
Access Policy Manager®. The client component provides users with access
to IP-based applications, network resources, and intranet files available, as if they were
physically working on the office network.
About BIG-IP Edge
Client
BIG-IP Edge Client provides full network access through BIG-IP Access
Policy Manager. Edge Client provides clients with access to IP-based applications, network
resources, and intranet files as if they were physically working on the office network. Edge
Client software comprises individual components that provide network access features and
application access.
In addition, Edge Client provides these features:
- Automatic reconnection
- Location awareness
- Password caching
- Captive portal detection
- Notifications
About BIG-IP Edge Client and F5 Access Apps
BIG-IP Edge Client is available from the BIG-IP and as an independent
download from downloads.f5.com. F5 Access Apps are available from external download sites,
such as app stores. Both provide network access for supported desktop and mobile clients. Tech
notes for each of the Edge and F5 Access Apps list the supported features for the mobile
client and provide configuration tips. For Edge Apps documentation, refer to the AskF5
Knowledge Base located at
http://support.f5.com/
.About VPN connections from the command line
Access Policy Manager® (APM®) CLIs are available
for Linux and Windows clients. The CLIs support making a VPN connection with an access policy
that includes a Logon Page and any authentication types that require user name and password
only. Endpoint security inspections are not supported.
The Linux CLI for Linux is available for download from the BIG-IP®
system. The Windows CLI is installed with the BIG-IP Edge Client® for
Windows.
Additional resources and documentation for BIG-IP Access Policy Manager
You can access all of the following BIG-IP system documentation
from the AskF5 Knowledge Base located at
https://support.f5.com/
.Document |
Description |
|---|---|
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Application Access |
This guide contains information for an administrator to configure application
tunnels for secure, application-level TCP/IP connections from the client to the
network. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Authentication and Single-Sign
On |
This guide contains information to help an administrator configure APM for single
sign-on and for various types of authentication, such as AAA server, SAML, certificate
inspection, local user database, and so on. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Customization |
This guide provides information about using the APM customization tool to provide
users with a personalized experience for access policy screens, and errors. An
administrator can apply your organization's brand images and colors, change messages
and errors for local languages, and change the layout of user pages and screens.
|
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Edge Client and Application
Configuration |
This guide contains information for an administrator to configure the BIG-IP system for browser-based access with the web client as well
as for access using BIG-IP Edge Client and BIG-IP Edge Apps. It
also includes information about how to configure or obtain client packages and install
them for BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and Edge Client command-line
interface for Linux. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Implementations |
This guide contains implementations for synchronizing access policies across
BIG-IP systems, hosting content on a BIG-IP system, maintaining OPSWAT libraries,
configuring dynamic ACLs, web access management, and configuring an access policy for
routing. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Network Access |
This guide contains information for an administrator to configure APM Network
Access to provide secure access to corporate applications and data using a standard
web browser. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Portal Access |
This guide contains information about how to configure APM Portal Access. In
Portal Access, APM communicates with back-end servers, rewrites links in application
web pages, and directs additional requests from clients back to APM. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Secure Web Gateway |
This guide contains information to help an administrator configure Secure Web
Gateway (SWG) explicit or transparent forward proxy and apply URL categorization and
filtering to Internet traffic from your enterprise. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Third-Party Integration |
This guide contains information about integrating third-party products with
Access Policy Manager (APM). It includes implementations for
integration with VMware Horizon View, Oracle Access Manager, Citrix Web Interface
site, and so on. |
BIG-IP
Access Policy Manager: Visual Policy Editor |
This guide contains information about how to use the visual policy editor to
configure access policies. |
Release notes |
Release notes contain information about the current software release, including a
list of associated documentation, a summary of new features, enhancements, fixes,
known issues, and available workarounds. |
KB articles |
Knowledge base articles are responses and resolutions to known issues, additional configuration instructions, and how-to information. |
