6.10. Guest portal

In UserGate, you can create lists of guest users. This is especially useful for hotels and public Wi-Fi networks with Internet access, when it is necessary to identify users and provide them access for a limited period of time.

Transient users can be either created by network administrators beforehand, or they can register on their own with subsequent confirmation via SMS or by email.

To create a new list of guest users, perform the following steps:

Name

Description

Step 1. Create a new administrator of guest users (optional)

  • In the Administration section, click Add and create administrator's profile with permission to read and write Guest portal in Web console.

  • Create an administrator account and assign the created role to it.

For more details on how to create UserGate administrators, please refer to the corresponding section.

Step 2. Create a new group for guest users. This group will allow you to manage access policies for transient users

In the UserGate console, go to the Groups section, click Add and then create a new group with the Group for guest users option enabled. For more details on how to create user groups, please refer to the corresponding section of the Guide.

Step 3. Connect to the guest portal console

Type https://IP_UserGate:8001/ta in your web browser and then specify the username and password of the device administrator or administrator of transient users created on Step 1.

Step 4. Create a new list of users

Click Create in the console and fill in the following fields:

  • Number of users to create

  • Comment

  • Expiration date and time - date and time when the transient user's account will be disabled

  • TTL - time period since the first authentication of the transient user after which the corresponding account will be disabled

  • Password length - password length for created users

  • Password complexity - password complexity for created users. Can be
    Numeric - only digits
    Alphanumeric - digits and letters
    Alphanumeric+special - digits, letters and special symbols, like a @#%^&*

  • Groups - the groups for transient users which has been created on Step 2

You can view the list of created users in the Users list section of the console for managing transient users.

To allow users register in the system on their own, perform the following steps:

Name

Description

Step 1. Create a new SMPP notification profile (for SMS confirmations) or SMTP notification profile (for email confirmations)

In the Notifications section, go to the Notification profiles, click Add and then create a new SMPP or SMTP notification profile. For more details on how to create a notification profile, please refer to Notification profiles

Step 2. Create a new group for guest users. This group will allow you to manage access policies for transient users

In the UserGate console, go to the Groups section, click Add and then create a new group with the Group for guest users option enabled. For more details on how to create user groups, please refer to the corresponding section of the Guide.

Step 3. Create a new Captive profile which uses notification profile that you have created for guest users

In the Users and devices, go to the Captive profiles, create a new profile and use previously created notification profile. In the authentication page field, specify Captive portal: email auth or Captive portal: SMS auth depending on the notification method that you are going to use. Set up the notification's text, the group for guest users and the time period when the new account will be valid. For more details on how to create notification profiles, please refer to Notification profiles

Step 4. Create a new Captive portal rule with the Captive profile that you have created on the previous step

In the Users and devices section, go to the Captive portal and create a new rule. Use previously created Captive profile. For more details on how to create Captive portal rules, please refer to Configuring a Captive portal.