PA OXaaS APSv2 User Guide

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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.

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  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.

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

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  1. You can then see that the status of the user will be Aps2 u4.png

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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: Aps2 u6.png Aps2 u7.png Aps2 u8.png

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You may also wish to see the Classic view by clicking Aps2 u10.png and selecting “Classic list”:

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Add New User

To add a new user:

  1. Click Add New User.
  2. Fill in the following fields:

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  3. Click Next.
  4. The status will appear as Aps2 u13.png. If an error occurs during creation, the status will be Aps2 u14.png.
Manage Profiles

To manage profiles, follow these steps:

  1. Select the user whose profile you want to manage and then click Manage Profiles.

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  2. Select the new profile you want to assign to a user from the drop-down list.

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  3. Click OK to save the changes.
Edit
  1. Select the user whose profile you want to edit and then click Edit.

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  2. Enter the alias and select the appropriate domain from the drop-down list.

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  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.

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  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.

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  3. Click Next to save the changes. The user’s status will now be Enabled.
Disable

To delete an Open-Xchange user:

  1. Select the user whose profile you want to disable by ticking the appropriate box, then click Disable.

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  2. A message will ask you to confirm that you want to disable the user. Click Accept for confirmation.

Groups

On this tab you can create, delete and edit groups of users.

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Add new group

To add a new group:

  1. Click on the Add new group button.

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  2. Enter a name for the group.
  3. Select the users that you want to add to the group and click Aps2 u24.png to add them. Then click Save.
  4. You will then see the group you have created and the users that belong to it.

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Delete group

In order to delete a group, select it by ticking the appropriate box and then click Delete selected groups.

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