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Brian_E_Nine_17
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Nov 14, 2014

APM Portal Access Usage

Hi All,

 

My company already has 3 LTM/APM boxes that are used for network access for mobile devices. I'm considering also using them for portal access for the same devices but wanted some input. First, I've read and been told that portal access is CPU intensive because of the content rewrite. Is there any guidelines or sizing guide for how many concurrent users/apps a certain size box can run? What are others experience with this?

 

I'm considering using a full webtop with SSO links on it. I thought about running all the links in portal bypass to avoid the content rewrite. It looks like when I do this it breaks the SSO functionality. I opened a case with F5 support and they said there's no way to provide SSO from a webtop when a site is in bypass. Does anyone know differently?

 

Thanks!

 

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  • Walter_Kacynski's avatar
    Walter_Kacynski
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    Nov 14, 2014

    Is there any reason that you can't just run in LTM+APM mode? I'm not familiar with how the WebTop works in conjunction with network access, so my question might not make any sense.

     

  • Brian_E_Nine_17's avatar
    Brian_E_Nine_17
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    Nov 14, 2014

    Well webtop/portal access and network access don't really have any dependency on each other. We don't allow mobile devices directly on the internal network, so the only internal access is thru SSL VPN (network access). I now have a requirement to provide mobile users with a landing page they log into once and get a list of links which the APM can provide SSO for, whether it's SAML or windows based. Portal Access looks like it will fulfill this pretty nicely, I just need to know if my boxes are big enough.