Amigopod Advanced Visitor Account Naming
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Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Audience ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Document Overview ....................................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This technical note explains the configuration process for setting up visitor account provisioning when fine-grained control over visitor account usernames is required. In particular, the process for setting up random and sequential usernames is described. Audience This document is intended for network administrators and system integrators deploying an Amigopod-based visitor management solution. Basic familiarity with the Amigopod Visitor Management Appliance is assumed.
2 Configuring Visitor Account Creation Check Plugin Versions Support for creating random or sequential usernames requires the following plugin versions: • Guest Manager 2.0.5 or later To verify you have the correct plugin versions installed, navigate to Administrator > Plugin Manager > List Available Plugins and check the version number in the list. Use the Check for Plugin Updates link to download and install updated plugins.
Modify Form Fields Disable email field Click the email field in the list, and then click Disable Field. This field will be used as the account username if it is available. Insert random_username_method field Click the Insert After link to insert a new field on the form. Select the field named random_username_method.
Click the Save Changes button to return to the list of form fields. Insert random_username_length field Click the Insert After link to insert a new field on the form. Select the field named random_username_length. Make the following selections on the form: • [x] Enable this field • User Interface: Hidden field • [x] Field value must be supplied • Initial Value: 6 With these selections, the form should appear as shown below. Figure 3. Form field editor with settings for random_username_length.
Click the Edit link to display the Edit Operator Profile form. Select the checkbox at Customization: [x] Override the application’s forms and views, and in the Customization list, select the create_user_1 form for the New Visitor Account screen. The form should appear as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Form customizations on the Edit Operator Profile screen. Click the Save Changes button to return to the list of operator profiles.
Figure 5. Completed visitor account creation form. After completing the form, using settings such as that shown in Figure 5, the guest account will be created. A receipt for the guest account is then displayed. Figure 6. Visitor account receipt showing randomly created username. Observe that the newly created account now has a username consisting of six random digits.
3 Reference Naming Options The following options may be used as the value of the random_username_method field.
nwa_digits_password nwa_letters_password Creates passwords using random digits Creates passwords using random letters (a through z) nwa_lettersdigits_password Creates passwords using random letters and digits (a through z and 0 through 9) nwa_alnum_password Creates passwords using random alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z and 0-9) nwa_strong_password Creates passwords using random letters, digits and symbols nwa_words_password Creates passwords using two random words separated by a small number nwa
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