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Features of WSO2 App Manager are described below.

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General

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features

FeatureDescription
Routing app traffic
  • Supports app authentication with SAML.
  • Enforce rate limiting and throttling policies for apps by consumer.
  • Horizontally scalable with easy deployment into cluster using proven routing infrastructure.
  • Scales to millions of users.
  • Capture all statistics and push to pluggable analytics system.
  • Configure app routing policies with capabilities of WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus.
  • Powered by WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus.
Managing the Communitycommunity
  • Self-sign up for app consumption.
  • Manage user accounts including password reset.
  • User interaction with apps via comments and ratings.
  • Powered by WSO2 Identity Server.
Customizing and Extendingextending
  • All components are highly customizable. You can change the styles and themes of the web interfaces.
  • Storefront implemented with Jaggery (jaggeryjs.org) for easy customization.
  • Pluggable to third-party analytics systems.
  • Pluggable to existing user stores including via JDBC and LDAP.

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The Web app features of WSO2 App Manager are described below.

Features for

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publishers

FeatureDescription
Publishing and Governing App Usagegoverning app usage
  • Publish apps to external consumers and partners, as well as internal users.
  • Manage app versions and deployment status by version.
  • Govern the app lifecycle (publish, deprecate, retire).
  • Attach documentation (files, external URLs) to apps.
  • Apply security policies to apps (authentication, authorization).
  • Associate apps available to system defined service tiers.
  • Track consumers per app.
  • One-click deployment to app gateway for immediate publishing.
Governing Complete App Lifecyclecomplete app lifecycle
  • Manage app lifecycle from cradle to grave: create, publish, reject, deprecate and retire.
  • Powered by WSO2 Governance Registry.
  • Easy administration of resource based access with enterprise subscription.
Monitoring App Usage app usage and Performanceperformance
  • All app usage published to pluggable analytics framework.
  • Out of the box support for WSO2 Business Activity Monitor and Google Analytics.
  • View metrics by user, app and more.
  • Customized reporting via plugging reporting engines.
  • Powered by WSO2 Business Activity Monitor.
Deploying with Ease ease in Enterprise Settingsenterprise settings
  • Role based access control for managing users and their authorization levels.
  • Store front can be deployed in DMZ for external access with Publisher inside the firewall for private control.
  • Different user stores for store-front and internal operations in publisher.
  • Integrates with enterprise identity systems including LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory.
  • Gateway can be deployed in DMZ with controlled access to WSO2 Identity Server (for authentication/authorization) and governance database behind firewall.

Features for

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consumers

FeatureDescription
Unified app store
  • Graphical experience similar to Android Marketplace or Apple App Store.
  • Browse apps by provider, tags or name.
  • Self-registration to user community to subscribe to apps.
  • Subscribe to apps and manage subscriptions at a per-user level and enterprise level.
  • Role based access to app store; manage public and private apps.
  • Browse app documentation, download helpers for easy consumption.
  • Comment on and rate apps.
  • Try apps directly on the store front.
Centralized app usage
  • Ability to access all the apps of a user in a centralized single location.
  • Use of single sign-on and single sign-out.
  • Use of federated identity.
  • Multi-tenancy support

Mobile app

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features

The Web app features of WSO2 App Manager are described below.

Features for

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publishers

FeatureDescription
Publishing and Governing App Usagegoverning app usage
  • Publish apps to external consumers and partners, as well as internal users.
  • Publish iOS, Android, Hybrid, and Web apps.
  • Publish enterprise and public apps in Goolge Play Store and Apple iTunes.
  • Manage app versions and deployment status by version.
  • Govern the app lifecycle (publish, deprecate, retire).
Governing Complete App Lifecyclecomplete app lifecycle
  • Manage app lifecycle from cradle to grave: create, publish, reject, deprecate and retire.
  • Powered by WSO2 Governance Registry.
Deploying with Ease ease in Enterprise Settingsenterprise settings
  • Store front can be deployed in DMZ for external access with Publisher inside the firewall for private control.
  • Different user stores for store-front and internal operations in publisher.
  • Integrates with enterprise identity systems including LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory.

Features for

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consumers

FeatureDescription
Unified app store
  • Graphical experience similar to Android Marketplace or Apple App Store.
  • Browse apps by provider or name.
  • Self-subscription and self-unsubscription of apps.
  • Enterprise subscription and installation support
  • Rating apps.
  • Directly download mobile apps to mobile devices.
Centralized app usage
  • Ability to access all the apps of a user in a centralized single location.
  • Use of single sign-on and single sign-out.
  • Use of federated identity.
  • Ability to configure with WSO2 device management solutions.
  • Support for third party device management solutions
  • Multi-tenancy support
Note

For information on installing features of any WSO2 component to WSO2 App Manager to extend its functionality, see theĀ Feature Management section of the WSO2 Carbon Documentation.