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Guest and IoT Manager Overview
Welcome to the ExtremeControl Guest and IoT Manager Web Application! The
Guest and IoT Manager (GIM) is an application that integrates with
ExtremeControl. The purpose is to provide non-IT personnel with the ability to
provision Guest Users and / or Devices within the constrains defined by the
Administrator. Guest and IoT Manager communicates with the ExtremeControl
Engine(s) for provisioning of Guest Users and Devices that may access the
network through standard process of authentication and authorization by
ExtremeControl.
Guest and IoT Manager allows the Administrator to perform the following:
l Create and customize Onboarding Templates for Guest Users and Devices.
l Create Internal Provisioners.
l Assign one or more Onboarding Templates to Internal or External
Provisioners Provisioners (Provisioners on AD / LDAP)
l Enable and customize Guest and IoT Manager REST APIs for integration
with third party applications.
l Enable and customize Guest and IoT Manager Outlook Plug-in.
Furthermore, Guest and IoT Manager allows the Provisioners to use the
Onboarding Template(s) and provision Guest User and / or Devices based on
their customized constrains. Provisioners may be:
l External Provisioners : They can be Employees or Students that reside on
an AD or LDAP server.
l Internal Provisioners : These are created by the Administrator and are
Business Partners, Vendors, Suppliers, Contractors, Front Desk Personal,
Security Guards and so on.
The Guest and IoT Manager Administrator and the Provisioner have different
splash login pages. When the Provisioner logs in;
l In case of external Provisioner, authentication happens by the Extreme
Control engine against AD / LDAP.
l While in case of an Internal Provisioner it is against the Local Repository.