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Appendix E
Internal Captive Portal
You can customize the default captive portal page through the WebUI, as detailed in Chapter 12, “Captive
Portal” . This appendix discusses creating and installing a new internal captive portal page and other
customization.
z “Creating a New Internal Web Page” on page629
z “Installing a New Captive Portal Page” on page631
z “Displaying Authentication Error Message” on page631
z “Reverting to the Default Captive Portal” on page632
z “Language Customization” on page632
z “Customizing the Welcome Page” on page635
z “Customizing the Pop-Up box” on page636
z “Customizing the Logged Out Box” on page637
Creating a New Internal Web Page
You can also create your own internal web page. A custom web page must include an authentication form to
authenticate a user. The authentication form can include any of the following variables listed in Table 136:
The form can use either the "get" or the "post" methods, but the "post" method is recommended. The form's
action must absolutely or relatively reference https://<controller_IP>/auth/index.html/u.
You can construct an authentication form using the following HTML:
<FORM method="post" ACTION="/auth/index.html/u">
...
</FORM>
A recommended option for the <FORM> element is:
autocomplete="off"
This option prevents Internet Explorer from caching the form inputs. The form variables are input using any form
control method available such as INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA and BUTTON. Example HTML code follows.
Table 136 Web Page Authentication Variables
Variable Description
user (Required)
password (Required)
FQDN The fully-qualified domain name (this is dependent on the setting of the
controller and is supported only in Global Catalog Servers software.