Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 5.4.0
About webtops
There are three webtop types you can define on the Access module for BIG-IQ. You can define a network access only webtop, a portal access webtop, or a full webtop.
- A network access webtop provides a webtop for an access policy branch to which you assign only a network access resource for starting a network access connection that provides full network access.
- A portal access webtop provides a webtop for an access policy branch to which you assign only portal access resources. When a user selects a resource, the BIG-IP device managed by BIG-IQ communicates with back-end servers and rewrites links in application web pages so that further requests from the client browser are directed back to the BIG-IP device managed by BIG-IQ.
- A full webtop provides an access policy ending for an access policy branch to which you can
optionally assign portal access resources, app tunnels, remote desktops, and webtop links, in
addition to network access tunnels. Then, the full webtop provides your clients with a web page
on which they can choose resources, including a network access connection to start.Note: If you add a network access resource with Auto launch enabled to the full webtop, the network access resource starts when the user reaches the webtop. You can add multiple network access resources to a webtop, but only one can have Auto launch enabled.
Creating a webtop link
Creating a webtop section
About uploading custom files to Access
You can upload custom files to the Access module of BIG-IQ® Centralized Management® 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.