Configuring applications with the EMC
The Exinda Management Center provides a comprehensive set of built-in Applications for you to use, These cannot be edited, but you can define Custom Applications. You can add the custom application as part of an ignore policy at the bottom of the optimizer tree that is sent to the appliances.
NOTE
if you use a custom application in the definition of a virtual circuitlogical definitions that partition a a physical network circuit and used to determine what traffic passes through it and how much or policy for a given appliance group, then the custom application is automatically added to the appliance-group configuration.
Applications can be defined in the Library directly, and then later assigned to an Optimizer Policy Tree. Applications can also be created in an Optimizer Policy Tree, in which case they are also saved to the Configuration Library for use elsewhere. All applications within a tenant must have unique names. When an application is modified, all uses of it are also modified.
Where do I find Applications?
Application librarythe Exinda repository for network objects and their definitions items can be found in Library > Applications. You can define custom applications for each appliance group. Go to the desired appliance group in the Optimizer Policy Tree.
How do I view built-in Applications?
Built-in application library items can be found in Library > Applications > Built-in. You can view built-in applications, but not edit.
To create a Custom Application in the Library
- Go to Library > Applications.
- Click Create new application....
- In the Name section, key-in a name for the application. The name must be unique in the tenant.
- In the Definition section, choose either the Layer 7 Signature, or select a combination of Network Object, Ports, DSCPDifferentiated Services Code Point and Protocols.
- Click the Create button. The custom application will be added to the library list.
To create a new Application directly in the Optimizer Policy Tree
- Go to Configured Appliances > (desired appliance group) > Applications.
- Click Create new application....
- In the Name section, key-in a name for the application. The name must be unique in the tenant.
- In the Definition section, choose either the Layer 7 Signature, or select a combination of Network Object, Ports, DSCP and Protocols.
- Click the Create button. The custom Application is added to the Optimizer Policy tree for this current Appliance Group and is also saved to the Library.
To add an Application from the library to an appliance group
- Go to Configured Appliances > (desired appliance group) > Applications.
- Click Add Application from Library.
- Select one or more applications to apply to the current appliance group, and then click application to <group_name>.
To use a Custom Application in a policy definition
When creating a policy, you can use a custom Application to filter traffic to or from this application. The custom Applications appear in the Application list within the Filter section. For more information refer to Policies.