Guides & Documentation

Here you will find documentation, guides and howtos covering the AppGate products

 

Product Documentation

Companion Products:

• AppGate USB client documentation
• AppGate Device Firewall Manual
• AppGate Policy Manager Manual

• Mindterm API Documentation

• AppGate Free Edition brochure

Problem solving

• Does AppGate Support Windows 7?  See  Answer 2 .
• Recover an sdb.db from the reserve partition. Recover the sdb.db (or any other configuration file) from the Reserve partition.

Customization

• How to customize the Deployment Web Page .The Deployment Web Page is the page containing links to various clients you normally see when pointing a web browser towards an AppGate Security Server. It is possible to customize these pages, ex to use corporate look-and-feel.
• Use https/SSL to deploy the AppGate clients. This is a guide about how to setup SSL for the Deployment Web Page - not be confused with the SSL gateway.
• How to wrap the AppGate Client in an other installation package. Example with the AppGate Client and the IP tunneling driver.

System Maintenance

• How make automatic backups.
• How to backup Nordic Edge configuration files If the Nordic Edge SMS authentication service is installed on the AppGate Security Server it is possible to add it's configuration files to the regular backups of the AppGate.
• Use openSSL on the AppGate Security Server to generate certificate requests It is possible to use the openSSL package installed on any AppGate Security Server to generate certificate signing requests. A signed certificate is required for proper operation of the SSL gateway on the AppGate.
• Upgrading sdb.db to a newer version. If retrieving an sdb.db from a previous version it may be necessary to upgrade it before it is possible to use it.
• How to configure AppGate for certificate authentication (pdf). This document also gives a quick introduction to PKI and public key cryptography.

Best practice

• SSL client option network configuration : how to configure the network interfaces of the AppGate Security Server for use with the SSL client option.

Useful service examples

• Automatic logons to an AppGate Security Server How to implement automatic logons to an AppGate, e.g. from a server.
• Have Windows automatically start and logon to the AppGate.
• Notify via email when certain roles are used . Configure the AppGate Security Server to send an email if certain roles are used.

Integration with other systems

• Setting up AD for TLS. In order for password handling integration between AppGate and Active Directory to work AD need to be setup to use TLS.
• AppGate and automatic proxy settings Use dhcp to automatically configure correct proxy settings for AppGate clients.
• AppGate and Citrix Web Interface. How to integrate AppGate with Citrix Web Gateway.

Getting Started

• The Pre-installation checklist is designed to help you prepare before the installation of the AppGate Security Server. During the installation a number of facts needs to be at hand - facts about the environment and the services that are going to be protected. Gathering these facts can be time consuming, time better spent on setting up services and tuning the system.
• The AFE Quick Getting Started guide is a step-by-step instruction about how to install and perform the initial setup of an AppGate Free Edition.
• Tips n Tricks issue 1 . This issue looks at user authentication. Each issue will focus on a particular area of access control.
• Tips n Tricks issue 2 . This issue focuses on Accessing files and folders. 
• Tips n tricks issue 3 . This issue focuses on Secure Access from Mobile phones.