New Customer with Standard License
Below are the essential steps required to get you set up with IGEL, ensuring a seamless transition to our platform
This page you will cover:
- Signing up to the IGEL LICENSE PORTAL (ILP)
- Signing up to the Customer Portal
- Signing up to the UMS
- Options for Deploying Licenses
STEP 1: IGEL LICENSE PORTAL (ILP)
The IGEL License Portal (ILP) manages all your IGEL Software Licenses. This is the first step in setting up IGEL in your environment. The ILP allows you to view license details and expiration dates.
To register on the IGEL License Portal:
- Go to https://activation.igel.com
- Fill in all fields marked with an asterisk * and solve the captcha.
- Ensure you receive a confirmation e-mail from licenseportal@igel.com and click the confirmation link.
Click Register.
Click Register.
If everything has gone well, you will receive an e-mail from the IGEL Customer Care team, enabling you to log in to the IGEL License Portal.
It may take up to 24 hours for the approval of the ILP. In the meantime, you can follow the steps below.
STEP 2: Customer Portal
While you wait for the ILP to be approved, you can register for the IGEL Customer Portal, which can help you with everything related to IGEL products. It's the place where you can create an account for your company, invite other people to join, and give them different roles, like being able to ask for help from our support teams—change settings for the IGEL Onboarding Service and other IGEL Cloud Services all in one spot.
IGEL Customer Portal
- Register a company to get access to the IGEL Cloud.
- Invite EUC Admin and provide appropriate roles with additional access rights.
- Register a UMS and give access to the IGEL Cloud Services (App Portal).
- Configure Onboarding Service by registering UMS and identity provider.
Register on the IGEL Customer Portal at – https://cosmos.igel.com/csm
STEP 3:
Download and Connect the UMS (Universal Management Suite)
Universal Management Suite (UMS) is IGEL's management solution for your IGEL OS endpoints. There is no separate license fee for UMS. You can download UMS from our portal once you have purchased your first IGEL OS endpoint license. This simple and secure management software allows you to manage any remote endpoint from a single console.
To set up UMS for your environment and manage IGEL OS endpoints, you will need either a separate server or a virtual machine (VM).
To set up a standard UMS, you'll need a server with at least 5 GB of RAM and 22 GB of available disk space. It should also have 4 CPUs to handle the software's operations efficiently.
Connect to the UMS
To connect the UMS to our cloud services, you must register the UMS in the Customer Portal and ILP.
Once registered in the Customer Portal, the UMS can download apps from the app portal.
Once registered in ILP, the UMS can deploy licenses automatically to endpoint devices.
Export UMS ID:
- Open your UMS Console, go to UMS Administration > Global Configuration > UMS ID, and click Export UMS ID.
Registering UMS ID in Customer Portal:
- Open the IGEL Customer Portal in your browser and log in to your admin account.
- From the Configure Services menu, select UMS Registration.
- Click Register a new UMS Instance.
- Edit the necessary data, enable App Portal, and upload the certificate file (UMS ID)
- Click Submit.
Registering UMS ID in the IGEL License Portal (ILP):
- Log in to the IGEL License Portal (ILP). (If you have not registered yet, go to step 1). Your dashboard is shown.
- Select UMS ID.
- Click Register UMS ID.
- Under UMS ID Name, enter a name for the UMS ID.
- Upload the certificate file you have exported from the UMS.
Your UMS can now easily access the App Portal to import and update all necessary apps and is ready to deploy licenses.
STEP 4:
Deploying Licenses
We have a few options available to you.
- Automatic License Deployment (ALD)
- Fully automated license deployment; the setup requires some effort.
- Automatic License Deployment (ALD) with ALD Token
- Largely automated license deployment: the setup requires less effort than ALD. Use this method if you want to manage the devices of several clients with one single UMS. This is typical for Managed Service Providers.
- Manual License Deployment for IGEL OS
- Get a license file for a predefined set of devices; the devices are identified by their unit IDs.
- Manual License Deployment for IGEL OS without UMS
- A quick and easy way to deploy a license on a single device that the UMS has not yet configured
- Hardware-Bundled IGEL License Deployment
- Deployment of licenses purchased together with hardware manufactured by an IGEL Hardware Partner.