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Tools to Make ControlUp Easier to Use

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Three ControlUp articles were shared: Edge DX Prerequisites, a Fix for devices with ZScaler VPN not showing their real IP address in Edge DX, and a script/scheduled trigger to sync ControlUp accounts with an AD group. These tools can help make ControlUp easier to use. The articles can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/.

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Excluding Apps from End User Activity Feature in ControlUp Edge DX

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A user asked about excluding certain apps from the End User Activity/Active Applications feature. Separating business and non-business apps is the way to solve this issue and more information can be found on the ControlUp Support page - https://support.controlup.com/docs/end-user-activity. The user also mentioned a feature request was submitted to exclude certain system processes, especially lock screen.

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Filtering and Reporting on Users Per Host in ControlUp

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The user needed to filter and pull a report on users per host, and wanted the hostname included in the sessions view. They have data in the machines view but want the ability to filter by hypervisor hosts. In the future, they would like an option to navigate to focus on a specific cluster, change to sessions view, and filter by hypervisor hosts. For reporting, they would like to export reports of users on a specific host.

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Restricting Access to ControlUp DEX Portal

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A discussion arose about restricting access to ControlUp's DEX portal, such as with a specific client certificate, IP address or Azure hybrid joined client machine. Using SAML could be a solution as the service provider can deny access if criteria are not met, and IP restrictions are said to be arriving in the early months of 2024. The DEX login method "azure login" does not have further possibilities, but SAML does.

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Restricting Access to the ControlUp DEX Portal

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The user asked how to restrict access to the DEX portal - the solution provided is to use the SAML login and configure the service provider to only allow access from certain clients or IP addresses. This can be done with the Azure login option, and IP restrictions are on their way to DEX, estimated to be available in early Q1 2024.

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Limiting the Number of Connections in ControlUp Real Time Console

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A new user asked if there was a way to limit the number of connections in the ControlUp Real Time Console that a given user can have to the client machines. The suggestion was to use the Solve console, which the user said might not offer the same 'Incidents view'. However, the Audit Log from the Solve console can show all the triggers that were fired and actions ran, as well as limit the 'Connect to Windows Machine' permission. It was suggested to explain the resource constraints to the help desk team and rely on their own principles of self-control. There is no way to detect if too many connections are open, and the Security Policy is all or nothing.

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Monitoring LB VIPs with ADC/Netscalers in ControlUp

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This discussion is about monitoring LB VIPs on ADCs/Netscalers, with a user wondering about the proper trigger configuration. They had tested it but got no alert email. It was suggested to use the Netscaler Record Type to get a lot of useful data and also to try manually triggering the alert by unbinding the back end server from the service group to observe the value changes in the console.

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Locked Out of ControlUp Solve Portal Despite Permissions

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A user was locked out of their Solve and DEX portals due to a permissions issue. After being granted all necessary permissions, they still couldn't access Solve from the console. It was established that the user needed the "Use Solve" right in their security policy. The user then tried a few solutions, including the add-cuuser cmdlet (https://support.controlup.com/docs/add-cuuser-create-new-solve-users#), but still could not access the portal. A restart of the monitor did not help however, so the issue is still unresolved.

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