5.7 Managing Mobile Device Access to Your Vibe Site

By default, your Novell Vibe site allows mobile device access at one of the following URLs, depending on whether or not you are using a secure SSL connection:

http://vibe_hostname/mobile
https://vibe_hostname/mobile

In these URLs, vibe_hostname is the hostname or fully qualified domain name of the Vibe server that you have set up in DNS.

For a list of supported mobile devices, see Supported Mobile Devices in Using Vibe on Your Mobile Phone in the Novell Vibe 3.2 Advanced User Guide.

For instructions on using the mobile device interface to the Vibe site, see Using Vibe on Your Mobile Phone in the Novell Vibe 3.2 Advanced User Guide.

5.7.1 Restricting Mobile Device Access to Your Vibe Site

As the Vibe administrator, you can prevent mobile device access to your Vibe site if necessary.

  1. Log in to the Vibe site as the Vibe administrator.

  2. Click the Settings icon Configure Access Control for a zone in the upper right corner of the page, then click the Administration Console icon Configure Access Control for a zone.

  3. Under System, click Configure Mobile Access.

  4. Deselect Enable Mobile Access.

  5. Click Apply, then click Close.

5.7.2 Configuring Mobile Device Access with Novell Access Manager

To allow mobile device access to Vibe through Novell Access Manager, you need to modify your protected resource in Novell Access Manager to allow a non-redirected login and to redirect the identity server when no authentication header is provided.

Follow the steps in Configuring an Authentication Procedure for Non-Redirected Login in Configuring the Access Gateway to Protect Web Resources in the Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP3 Access Gateway Guide.

When specifying the method for obtaining credentials, ensure that Non-Redirected Login and Redirect to Identity Server When No Authentication Header Is Provided are selected.