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(12.04.120) Important Information for the IGEL UMS Web App

Owned by Harald Saller
Jul 23, 2024
3 min read

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

Supported Environment

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.

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Permissions

  • The UMS Web App and the UMS Console share the same permissions. For detailed information on access rights in the IGEL UMS, see (12.04.120) How to Create Administrator Accounts in the 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.
  • 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 (12.04.120) 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
    • 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

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.
  • Changes made in the UMS Console are searchable not immediately, but after the next reindexing, which is executed every hour.
  • Changes to profile settings made in the UMS Console as well as settings for the newly created profiles are displayed in the UMS Web App under Configuration > [Profile name] > Activated Settings not immediately, but after the next reindexing: this reindexing is executed with a one-day interval.

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*

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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.