PA OXaaS APSv2 User Guide

User Guide for the OX as a Service APSv2 package into Parallels Automation

This guide describes the integration for the OX as a Service APSv2 package into Parallels Automation. This guide describes all the tasks administrators can carry out from the Customer Control Panel.

This guide is intended for administrators who intend to manage the services provided by Open-Xchange.

Terms and Abbreviations

Below is the list of concepts and abbreviations you will find in this page.

Abbreviation	Definition
API	Application Programming Interface
APS	Application Packaging Standard, an open standard that was designed to simplify the delivery of SaaS applications in the cloud-computing industry.
CCP	Customer Control Panel
PA	Parallels Automation, which includes both POA and PBA.
PBA	Parallels Business Automation.
POA	Parallels Operations Automation.
SaaS	Software as a Service.

Customer Control Panel

In the Customer Control Panel (CCP) you can manage all the Open-Xchange settings.

User’s Tab

From this tab you can add, manage and delete service users registered within the current subscription.

1. To add a user click on Add New Service User.
   
   

1. Fill in all the fields and click on Next.
   • User photo: you can upload a photo to add to your profile.
   • Display name: enter the display name you wish to have.
   • Login: choose a login name and select your domain from the dropdown list.
   • Password: choose your password. (You may also click Generate Password to create one automatically and you will see it under the Password field).
   • Confirm password: reenter your password.
   • Tick the Open-Xchange service checkbox.
     
     

1. A summary of the user information will appear. Click Finish for confirmation.
   
   

1. You can then see that the status of the user will be
   
   

OX App Suite2 Tab

From the Open-Xchange tab you can purchase requests and manage users, groups, resources, domains and purchase requests.

Users

On this tab you can add new users, manage profiles and edit, enable and disable them.

By default you will see the Active view, where you can see each user’s status. There are three different possibilities:

You may also wish to see the Classic view by clicking and selecting “Classic list”:

Add New User

To add a new user:

1. Click Add New User.
2. Fill in the following fields:
   
   
3. Click Next.
4. The status will appear as . If an error occurs during creation, the status will be .

Manage Profiles

To manage profiles, follow these steps:

1. Select the user whose profile you want to manage and then click Manage Profiles.
   
   
2. Select the new profile you want to assign to a user from the drop-down list.
   
   
3. Click OK to save the changes.

Edit

1. Select the user whose profile you want to edit and then click Edit.
   
   
2. Enter the alias and select the appropriate domain from the drop-down list.
   
   
3. Click Save.

Enable

To populate the service user information to Open-Xchange:

1. Select the user whose profile you want to enable and then click Enable OX App Suite2.
   
   
2. Enter the email and choose the domain, then select the profile you want to assign to the user. You can also add one or more aliases to the user by clicking on Additional Settings.