Mobile Access Gateway Device Management

[Francesco Mascioli]

HI folks,

A typical question I receive from customer about MAG is:
How many devices could be assigned to a user? or is there a way to limit the number of devices assigned to a user?

I know that I can get the information about the devices assigned to a user by MAG services and remove or disable them.
The question is if there is an OOTB or expected way for managing this request. 

how did you guys implement this requirement?

Regards
Franco

[Deactivated User]

A typical question I receive from customer about MAG is:
How many devices could be assigned to a user? or is there a way to limit the number of devices assigned to a user?
No Limit, and cannot be configured. However you can configure whether a device can be registered by a single user or multiple user updating the variable. Enable Multi User support
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/mobile-api-gateway/4-0/prepare-devices-and-apps-for-developers/configure-device-registration.html

I know that I can get the information about the devices assigned to a user by MAG services and remove or disable them.
The question is if there is an OOTB or expected way for managing this request.
You can manage device using the ui /mag/manager. 
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/mobile-api-gateway/4-2/configure-mag/manage-devices-with-the-mag-manager.html


how did you guys implement this requirement?

1. Install the Solution Kit
2. Configure MAG as a Client Application
3. Create or Update the MSSO Certificate for CSR approval (self signed)
4. Run api call for registering a device or using mobile sdk 
5. Customize configuration if required (https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/mobile-api-gateway/4-2/configure-mag/manage-devices-with-the-mag-manager.html#concept.dita_9a4f6355e3402122e891c9a41e2bb48d9eb2461c_CustomizeMAGManager)
6. Modify policies for Social Login (https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/mobile-api-gateway/4-2/upgrade-mag/customize-settings-in-policies.html)
7. Download MSSO Config and MAG SDK (https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/mobile-sdk-for-ca-mobile-api-gateway/2-0.html)


 

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Pre-Sales Consultant
CA Southern Africa
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[Francesco Mascioli]

Thanks Ronald,
it seems there is not a OOTB mechanism for limiting the number of devices.
The typical requirement is to define a limit of the number of devices per user. At the same time we have to provide an interface to provide to the user the list of the register devices so that he can remove the unused ones. (The mag/manager interface is designed for administrators).

I found that MAG provides all the services for implementing these features, but before starting to implement them I would check if I miss something in the documentation and above all, if someone else has faced these issues and implemented a solution which is possible to share.

Regards
Franco