Resources

All the devices and objects that are configured within AppViewX are termed as Resources. The resource allows you to specify access at a granular level across all the devices and modules of AppViewX listed in this section, where the permission definitions are independent of each other. The resources can be assigned only to a User group. The users that are assigned to the user groups will automatically inherit the permissions associated with that resource. User groups can be assigned with more than one resource.

In the Resources page, the following actions can be performed:

  • Create Resources: Create Resources with ADC devices and objects in R or RW permissions

  • Modify Resources: Modify Resources by adding, removing, or modifying permissions on devices and objects.

  • Delete Resources: Delete Resources. Users associated with the deleted resources will not be able to access the Application.

AppViewX can be configured to not only provide permission to specific devices in the inventory but also to specific objects (Virtual server, Pool, Servers) within the device. This helps you to create custom user roles according to their need limiting the access by making sure the unauthorized access to critical objects is limited.

AppViewX gives you the flexibility to create users with various permission levels to access devices and objects. One is Read only (R) where users are allowed to access devices or objects to only view the configuration without permission to modify it. The second level of permission is Read & Write (RW), where users have the access to both views and modify the device or object configuration.

AppViewX encourages users to use the quick config option made available to streamline the user creation process and help users identify the true potential of RBAC.

Using the Quick config option, you can perform the following actions:

  • Dynamic rule-based resource tagging of newly discovered ADC objects, Certificates based on Query using object/Certificate fields available within AppViewX.

  • Dynamic rule-based resource tagging of newly discovered ADC objects, Certificates using a script to tag based on data available with external tools (SNOW, Other CMDB, etc.).

  • Rule templates are pre-shipped to ease the rule creation to dynamically tag resources

  • Dynamically created resources can be assigned to user groups dynamically by mapping the respective rule to the required user groups as part of the Rules in Use inventory in the wizard flow.

  • Manage the order of execution for the RBAC rules.

  • Manage short circuit options to dynamically tag ADC objects.

For assigning the devices or objects to resource, refer to the following sections:

You can also check the following video link for more details:

https://www.appviewx.com/use-rbac-eliminate-working-silos/