Exclude Applications from Captive Portal

You can select applications (identified by their HTTP User-Agent strings) and exempt them from captive portal active authentication. This allows traffic from the selected applications to pass through the identity policy without authenticating.

Note

Only applications with the User-Agent Exclusion Tag are displayed in this list.

Procedure

Step 1

If you haven't done so already, log in to the management center.

Step 2

Click Policies > Access Control > Identity .

Step 3

Edit the identity policy that contains the captive portal rule.

Step 4

On Realm & Settings tab page, expand HTTP User Agent Exclusions.

  • In the first column, select the check box next to each item to filter applications, then one or more applications, and click Add to Rule.

    Check boxes are ANDed together.

  • To narrow the filters that are displayed, type a search string in the Search by name field; this is especially useful for categories and tags. To clear the search, click Clear (clear icon).

  • To refresh the filters list and clear any selected filters, click Reload (reload icon).

Note

The list displays 100 applications at a time.

Step 5

Choose the applications that you want to add to the filter from the Available Applications list:

  • To narrow the individual applications that appear, enter a search string in the Search by name field. To clear the search, click Clear (clear icon).

  • Use paging at the bottom of the list to browse the list of individual available applications.

  • To refresh the applications list and clear any selected applications, click Reload (reload icon).

Step 6

Add the selected applications to exclude from external authentication. You can click and drag, or you can click Add to Rule. The result is the combination of the application filters you selected.

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