FactoryTalk Remote Access Manager

overview and related entities

An organization is a collection of users and services (including the FactoryTalk Remote Access Manger) that can be accessed and managed using FactoryTalk Hub.

A domain is the main entity in FactoryTalk Remote Access Manager that is associated with its related FactoryTalk Hub organization, consisting of a set of resources such as remote devices, users, firewall rules and permissions that can be managed remotely.

User accounts correspond to individual users that sign on to

FactoryTalk Remote Access Manager

and use their domain to access remote devices.

Each user is authenticated before entering the domain of the organization. Users must have been invited to join a domain to access the service.

A group is used to efficiently assign permissions to multiple user accounts.

You can create groups according to the types of user accounts in your organization. Common categories for groups are roles and regions.

The remote device that you wish to control or assist.

A folder is a container of objects, such as devices, firewall policies, and groups. Additional folders can be added as needed.

Resources consist of little icons located next to folders or devices in the

Domain View

pane that allow several actions: (from left to right):

Add resource
(circled plus icon): This button allows the following operations:
Add device
Create folder
Create group
Create firewall policy
Import firewall policy
Move
(folder with arrow icon): It allows to move an object to another file path.
Rename
(pencil icon): It allows to rename the object.
NOTE: Whenever using the web client mobile version, you can rename a resource by clicking
Rename
on the kebab menu (three dots) on the right.
Delete
(trash bin icon): It allows to delete the object.

In the left pane of the

Domain view

section, right-click next to a domain or a device row to open a context menu including a list of actions and shortcuts.

Permissions are rules applied to user accounts that allow or deny them access to folders and devices.

Firewall policies are rules applied to VPN packets that control if certain protocols, ports, IP addresses are allowed or denied access to devices. Firewall policies have to be imported or defined first, then applied either directly to a single device or to folders to affect all the devices contained therein. The firewall policies applied are defined according to the user account, so different user accounts can be assigned different policies.

Entitlements

allow users to access specific services or tasks.

Set of criteria determining the path that data packets take from the source to destination across one or more networks.