Important Information for the IGEL UMS Web App

Take notice of the following information regarding the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) Web App.

Supported Environment

• The minimal supported resolution is 768 px.
  If you want to use the UMS Web App on mobile devices, note that the min. supported width for the responsive design is 768 px.

• For RAM and disk space requirements, see Installation Requirements for the IGEL UMS.

• For the supported browsers, see the “Supported Environment” section of the release notes (as of UMS 12.08.100).

Installation

• In the case of a High Availability or Distributed UMS environment:

  • The UMS Web App does not necessarily have to be installed on every UMS Server. If you choose, however, to install the application on several UMS Servers, you can use it on all of them. The data will be synchronized.

  • The UMS Console and the UMS Web App can be installed on different servers.

Login

• The login data of the database user are not accepted for the UMS Web App. For how to log in to the UMS Web App, see How to Log In to the IGEL UMS Web App.

Permissions

• The UMS Web App and the UMS Console share the same permissions. For detailed information on access rights in the IGEL UMS, see General Administrator Rights in IGEL UMS.

• There are some permissions only applicable to the UMS Web App – Delete Log Messages, Device Bulk Action, and App Management. They can be set in the UMS Console under System > Administrator accounts > New / Edit > General - WebApp or in the UMS Web App in the User Management area.

• Read permissions to a directory enable access to devices in this directory; permissions only to devices are not sufficient.

• For the assignment of apps (exception: IGEL OS Base System), you require the same permissions as for the assignment of profiles to devices, see Assignment of Objects. This is due to the fact that non-base-system apps are automatically assigned to devices via profiles that configure these apps (so-called implicit app assignment).

• For the assignment of the IGEL OS Base System, the permission Assign Base System / Firmware Update is required (set under UMS Console > Devices > [context menu of the device / device directory] > Access Control).

• The following permissions are required:

  • Rights for the node Server Network Settings under UMS Console > UMS Administration > Global Configuration for the access to

    • UMS Web App > Apps > Settings > App Portal

    • UMS Web App > Apps > Settings > Automatic Updates

    • UMS Web App > Network > Settings > Network > UMS Network Nickname

    • UMS Web App > Search > Settings

  • Rights for the node UMS Features under UMS Console > UMS Administration > Global Configuration for the access to

    • UMS Web App > Apps > Settings > UMS as an Update Proxy

    • UMS Web App > Network > Settings > UMS Features

  • Rights for the node First-authentication Keys under UMS Console > UMS Administration > Global Configuration for the access to

    • UMS Web App > Devices > Settings > First Authentication Keys

Synchronization between the UMS Console and the UMS Web App

• The UMS Web App and the UMS Console share the same database, user rights, and certificates. 

• Changes made in the UMS Console are immediately available in the UMS Web App, and vice versa.

• Device changes and permission changes because of moving a device to another directory are reported almost instantly to the indexer, so that all changes are immediately searchable. However, the change of permissions for a user or a group is currently not recognized “on the fly”. A user needs to log out and log in again for these changes to take effect.

Logging

• Not all actions performed in the UMS Console are displayed in the UMS Web App. Logs of the UMS Web App are not displayed in the UMS Console.

• Log files for the UMS Web App can also be found in /rmguiserver/logs/wums*

Certificate

• By default, browsers do not accept the self-signed certificate used by the UMS Server and display a security warning. For how to solve the problem, see Troubleshooting: Browser Displays a Security Warning (Certificate Error) when Opening the UMS Web App. 

Bulk Actions

• The simultaneous selection of several devices or directories is currently not possible. If you want to execute bulk commands, you can do it now only by selecting an individual directory.