Manual Chapter :
Portal Access Common
Elements
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- 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0, 13.1.5, 13.1.4, 13.1.3, 13.1.1, 13.1.0
Portal Access Common
Elements
Common stuff used in portal access.
- On the Main tab, click.The Portal Access List screen opens.
- Click theCreatebutton.The New Resource screen opens.
- Type the name and an optional description.
- Click the name of a portal access resource.The Portal Access Properties screen for that resource opens.
- From theACL Orderlist, specify the placement for the resource.OptionDescriptionLastSelect this option to place the new portal access resource last in the ACL list.AfterSelect this option to select, from the list of configured ACLs, the ACL that this portal access resource should follow in sequence.SpecifySelect this option to specify an order number, for example,0or631for the ACL.
- FromConfiguration, selectBasicorAdvanced.TheAdvancedoption provides additional settings so you can configure a proxy host and port.
- For theMatch Case for Pathssetting, selectYesto specify that portal access matches alphabetic case when matching paths in the portal access resource.
- From thePatching Typelist, select the patching type for the web application.For both full and minimal patching types, you can select or clear patching methods specific to your selection.
- To publish a link for the web application on the full webtop, or to use hosted content files, for thePublish on Webtopsetting, select theEnablecheck box.Do not enable thePublish on Webtopsetting if you are configuring the portal access resource for minimal patching.
- If you enabledPublish on Webtop, select whether theLink Typeis an application URI or a file uploaded to the hosted content repository.
- Application URI:This is the main URI used to start this portal access resource. You can configure other URIs with specific caching and compression settings by adding resource items to the portal access resource, after the main resource is configured.
- Hosted Content:Use content uploaded to the hosted content repository to present on the webtop. When you select a hosted content file (typically a web-browser readable file), that file becomes the main destination for this webtop link.In theResource Itemsarea, you must add all resources that you have uploaded to the hosted content repository that apply to this particular hosted content link.
- In the Customization Settings for English area, in theCaptionfield, type a caption.The caption appears on the full webtop, and is required. This field is required even if you do not select thePublish on webtopoption.
- Optionally, in theDetailed Descriptionfield type a description for the web application.
- In theImagefield, specify an icon for the web application link. Click theView/Hidelink to show the current icon.
- If your application is behind a proxy server, to specify a proxy host and port, you must selectAdvancedfor the configuration to display additional fields, and type the proxy host and proxy port.
- Click theCreatebutton.
- Click theCreatebutton.The Portal Access resource is saved, and the Portal Access Resource screen now shows aResource Itemsarea.
- In the Resource Items area, click theAddbutton.A New Resource Item screen for that resource opens.
- FromNew Resource Item, selectBasicorAdvanced.TheAdvancedoption provides additional settings so you can configure headers.
- FromResource Item Properties, selectBasicorAdvanced.TheAdvancedoption allows you to set Session Update, Session Timeout, and Home Tab settings.
- Select whether the resource item is application paths or hosted content.
- Paths:If you select this option, set the host name or IP address, URI paths, the scheme, and the port.
- Hosted Content:If you select this option, choose an item from the list of content uploaded to the hosted content repositoryYou must add all files that you have uploaded to the hosted content repository that apply to this particular hosted content resource.
- Configure the properties for the resource item.
- To add headers, selectAdvancednext to New Resource Item.
- To configureSession Update,Session Timeout, andHome Tab, selectAdvancednext to Resource Item Properties.
- ClickFinished.This creates the portal access resource item.
- Click.The Rewrite Profile List screen opens.
- ClickCreate New Profile.The Create New Profile Rewrite screen opens.
- In theNamefield, type a name for the rewrite profile.
- From theParent Profilelist, select a parent profile.For Portal Access, you should select the/Common/rewriteor/Common/rewrite-portalprofile as the parent. The new rewrite profile inherits theClient Caching Typesetting from the parent profile.
- From theRewrite Modelist, selectPortal (Access).
- On the left side, click the Portal (Access) link.
- From theClient Caching Typelist, select the caching option.
- To enable split tunneling for portal access connections, selectSplit Tunnelingfrom the list.Split tunneling provides two options to access your web page:RewriteandBypass. If you enable split tunneling, Access Policy Manager presents only web pages that satisfy one of these filters. Others are blocked (although a blocked public site may still be available outside the webtop). If you do not use split tunneling, Access Policy Manager processes all portal access URLs through the rewriting engine. You can specify a URL pattern using the following syntax:scheme: //host[:port]/path. You can also use wildcards such as the asterisk ( * ) to denote any sequence of characters and the question mark ( ? ) for any single character. Access Policy Manager rewrites links in all pages specified forRewrite.
- Rewrite- Rewrites URLs. When you use this option, Access Policy Manager controls the redirection of the URL. Use this option to access URLs inside the network. Type a URL match pattern for the sites where you need to create the reverse-proxy and click theAdd to Rewrite Listbutton.
- Bypass- Directly accesses the URL and leaves the URL unmodified. Use this option to speed up serving public sites. Type a URL match pattern for URLs to be accessed directly, bypassing the rewrite engine, and click theAdd to Bypass Listbutton.
- To configure Java patching, clickJavaPatcher Settings. Configure the Java Patcher options for verification and re-signing of signed applets.
- To configure theTrusted Certificate Authorities, from the list select a CA against which to verify signed applets signatures.
- To configure aSigner,from the list select a certificate to use for re-signing.
- To configure aSigning Key, from the list select a corresponding private key for re-signing.
- To set aSigning Key Pass Phrase, type a passphrase with which to encrypt the private key.
- To select aCertificate Revocation List (CRL), from the list select a CRL with which to check certificate validity.
- To configure URI Translation request and response settings, underURI TranslationselectSettings.
- Configure translation settings.
- SelectPortal Access Setup Wizardand clickNext.
- On the Basic Properties screen in thePolicy Namefield, type a name for the access policy.The name you type here prepends the name of the objects (for example, the virtual server) that the wizard creates for this configuration.