©2011 Quest Software, Inc. All rights reserved.. Andrei Polevoi, Tatiana Golubovich Program Management Group ActiveRoles Add-on Manager Overview

©2011 Quest Software, Inc. All rights reserved..

Andrei Polevoi, Tatiana Golubovich

Program Management Group

ActiveRoles Add-on Manager Overview

©2011 Quest Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential.

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Agenda• Introduction

• Add-on Manager• Installation

• ActiveRoles Marketplace• Browse and search add-ons

• Managing Add-ons• Installation• Verification• Uninstall

• Add-on Creation and Publishing

• Q&A


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Introduction

ARS Add-on


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Add-on Manager Overview• Separate installation package• Integrates into ActiveRoles Server during installation

• Adds node to Snap-in: Application \ Add-on Manager

• Compatible with ActiveRoles Server 6.5 and 6.7• Parse and process add-on package


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Demo: Add-on Manager Installation• Download Add-on Manager from the

http://www.quest.com/activeroles-server-add-on-manager-download or ActiveRoles Marketplace

• Unzip it

• Run setup on the same computer, where ActiveRoles Snap-in installed

• Set the Administration Service for connection

• Finish setup

• Run Snap-in

• Open Application node

Add-on Manager is installed and displayed in the node

http://www.quest.com/activeroles-server-add-on-manager-download


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ActiveRoles Marketplace Overview


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ActiveRoles Marketplace Overview• Marketplace is a sub-space of ActiveRoles community site

• Marketplace hosts ActiveRoles Add-ons

• Add-ons can be browsed by categories or searched by name

• Every add-on supplied with description, screenshots, videos, compatibility and supportability statement, etc.

• Add-on can be hosted or can be advertised with a link to external site for download

• Add-ons opened for community members to comment and rate

• Add-ons opened for community members to publish


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Demo: Search ActiveRoles Marketplace for Add-on• Open ActiveRoles Marketplace site

• Browse for Categories

• Select the Out of Office Message Configuration Policy Community Add-on

• Out of the box ActiveRoles lacks Out Of Office Message deprovisioning policy

• Download this add-on


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Demo: Add-on Installation• Unzip the archive

• Double click *.arsaddon file

• Or in Add-on Manager select "Install add-on from file" option and select *.arsaddon file

• Refresh Add-on Manager page

• Create new deprovisioning policy based on Out Of Office Message policy type


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Demo: Other Add-on Administrative Actions• Review• Open details of selected add-on• Click Review add-on• You will get the list of objects of which add-on consists

• Uninstall• Select add-on in the list in ARS Snap-in• Click Uninstall


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What Add-on Consists of• General settings

• Title, icon, description, compatibility, publisher information

• Any ARS configuration object• Access Template, Managed Unit, Policy Object, Virtual Attribute,

Workflow, etc.• New Policy Types for your policies and workflows

• ARS Web UI Customizations• New commands, new or updated forms, etc.

• Advanced settings• Pre-install \ post-install scripts, required add-ons list, etc.


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Demo: Creating New Add-on Package• Scenario: Display user mailbox size on Exchange properties page


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Demo: Creating New Add-on Package• ActiveRoles Configuration Objects:

• edsvaMailBox Virtual Attribute• User Mailbox Size Calculation Script• User Mailbox Size Policy Object

• Web Interface Customization Items• Mailbox Size (tab)• Mailbox Size (entry)


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Demo: Creating New Add-on Package• Go to Add-on Manager page

• Click “Create new add-on”

• Collect configuration objects and Web UI customization

• Fill-in required fields (see next slide for recommendations)


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Recommendations for Add-on Packaging• Create separate containers for all add-on objects,

except policy types

• Name: • <Subject> Community Add-on – for free solutions• <Subject> Add-on – for commercial solutions

• Summary: short add-on description. 3-5 sentences

• Description: full add-on description. 2-3 paragraphs


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Recommendations for Add-on Packaging• Publisher: Company or author name

• Support by• "Quest Software" – ONLY commercial add-on officially supported by Quest Support• "Community" – in all other cases• "By Publisher" – for community members outside Quest, if they want to provide official

support for this add-on

• Home page URL• Recommendation: create a discussion thread on ARS community and reference it here

• Home page description• Discussion thread on community


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Recommendations for Add-on Packaging• Version

• Add-on version number

• Save as• <File name for package>. arsaddon• Drop "Community Add-on" or "Add-on" words• Ex: Out Of Office Message Policy.arsaddon

• Compatibility• Click “Advanced” button and set “System requirements”


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Demo: Recommendations for publishing add-onon Marketplace• General settings

• Version, Publisher, Compatibility• Description• Installation Instructions• Screenshots, videos• Attached add-on binaries

• Templates for add-on publishing• Add-on template (when add-on is attached)

• http://communities.quest.com/docs/DOC-10707

• Add-on template (when add-on is NOT attached)• http://communities.quest.com/docs/DOC-11974

http://communities.quest.com/docs/DOC-10707

http://communities.quest.com/docs/DOC-11974


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