Configuring the Aruba ClearPass Skin Plugin

A Web application’s skin A Web site’s visual appearance, or “look and feel.” It can be thought of as a container that holds the application, its layout, style sheet (font size and color for example), header and footer, and so on. determines its visual style—the colors, menus, and graphics. You can use either the standard Aruba ClearPass skin plugin, the ClearPass Guest skin, a Galleria skin, a blank plugin if you are providing your own complete HTML page, or custom skin plugins that let you configure the colors, navigation, logo, and icons.

To view Page in the application that displays data but does not contain interactive fields the user can modify. Usually a table listing things like accounts or other sets of data and providing links to related actions or forms. or configure the standard Aruba ClearPass skin plugin:

1. Go to Administration > Plugin Manager. The Available Plugins list opens.

2. Scroll to the Skin Plugins > Aruba ClearPass Skin row and click its Configuration link. The Configure Aruba ClearPass Skin form Interactive page in the application where users can provide or modify data. opens.

Figure 1  The Aruba ClearPass Skin Plugin Configuration Form

Configure Aruba ClearPass Skin Form

Field	Description
Navigation Layout	Specifies the navigation’s expansion level. The default navigation layout is “expanded.” Options include: Use Default simple — Only the current L1 item has L2 items, L3 only when L2 active expando — Show items in expanding/collapsing lists expanded — All L1 items have L2 items, L3 only when L2 active all-expanded — All items shown to L3 l1 expanded — All L1 items have L2 items, L3 only when L1 active all-l1 — All current L1 items shown to L3 No navigation
Page Heading	Additional custom heading text to display at the very top of the page.
Font Family	List of fonts to use as the font family.
(Color fields)	Specify the colors and highlight colors for various areas. To change a color in any of the color fields, click the color sample box to open the color picker. Set a color, and then click Select in the color picker for that item. Repeat for each color you want to change. Welcome Background Color — Background color for the welcome block Welcome Foreground Color — Foreground color for the welcome block Welcome Highlight — Highlight color for the name Network Color — Color for the network area Network Highlight — Highlight color for the network Instructions Color — Color for the instructions Instructions Highlight — Highlight color for the instructions
Save Configuration	Saves your changes.

The default skin used by the ClearPass Guest application is the one that is enabled in the Plugin Manager. To change the default skin globally, go to the plugin list and click the Enable link for the skin you would like to use as the default. When you install a new custom skin, it is automatically enabled and becomes the default skin. If your application’s appearance does not automatically change, find the custom plugin in the list, click Configure, and click its Enable link. If you prefer to use the standard Aruba ClearPass skin, navigate to it in the Available Plugins list and click its Enable link.

The default skin is displayed on all pages seen by guests, and on the login page if no other skin is specified for it. However; you can override this for a particular operator profile Characteristics assigned to a class of operators, such as the permissions granted to those operators., an individual operator Person who uses ClearPass Guest to create guest accounts or perform system administration. ClearPass Guest operators act as sponsors for guest access., or give the login page a different appearance than the rest of the application. You can also specify a skin for guest Someone who is permitted to access the enterprise network or Internet through your Network Access Server. Also, as ClearPass Guest, a configurable ClearPass module for secure guest network access management. Access permissions are controlled through an operator profile that can be integrated with an LDAP server or Active Directory login. self-registration pages.

To use a different skin for a particular operator profile, see Creating an Operator Profile.

To use a different skin for an individual operator login Configuration defining a ClearPass Guest operator's roles and access privileges., see Local Operator Authentication.

To have the login page use a different skin than the rest of the application, see Operator Logins Configuration.

To specify a skin for a customized guest self-registration page, see Configuring Basic Properties for Self-Registration.