Hardware reference guide
36 GlobalProtect Administrator’s Guide
Configure the GlobalProtect Portal Set Up the GlobalProtect Infrastructure
Configure the GlobalProtect Portal
The GlobalProtect Portal provides the management functions for your GlobalProtect infrastructure. Every
client system that participates in the GlobalProtect network receives configuration information from the portal,
including information about available gateways as well as any client certificates that may be required to connect
to the gateways. In addition, the portal controls the behavior and distribution of the GlobalProtect agent
software to both Mac and Windows laptops.
The following sections provide procedures for setting up the portal:
Prerequisite Tasks for Configuring the GlobalProtect Portal
Set Up Access to the GlobalProtect Portal
Define the GlobalProtect Client Configurations
Customize the GlobalProtect Agent
Customize the GlobalProtect Portal Login, Welcome, and Help Pages
Prerequisite Tasks for Configuring the GlobalProtect Portal
Before you can configure the GlobalProtect Portal, you must have completed the following tasks:
Created the interfaces (and zones) for the firewall interface where you plan to configure the portal. See
Create Interfaces and Zones for GlobalProtect.
Set up the portal server certificate, gateway server certificate, and, optionally, any client certificates to be
deployed to end users to enable mutual SSL connections to the GlobalProtect services. See Enable SSL
Between GlobalProtect Components.
Defined the authentication profiles and/or certificate profiles that will be used to authenticate
GlobalProtect users. See Set Up GlobalProtect User Authentication.
Configured the global protect gateways. See Configure GlobalProtect Gateways.
Set Up Access to the GlobalProtect Portal
After you have completed the prerequisite tasks, configure the GlobalProtect Portal as follows:
The portal does not distribute the GlobalProtect app for use on mobile devices. To get the
GlobalProtect app for iOS, end users must download it from the App Store. To get the
GlobalProtect app for Android, end users must down load it from Google Play. However, the client
configurations that get deployed to mobile app users does control what gateway(s) the mobile
devices have access to and if the mobile device is required to enroll with the GlobalProtect Mobile
Security Manager. For more details on supported versions, see What Client OS Version are
Supported with GlobalProtect?