Setting Content Level Security on a version

You can restrict the access of users to content in IXIA CCMS Web by setting Content Level Security (CLS) on IXIA Dynamic Release Management version in IXIA CCMS Desktop.

Ensure that your system already has the user groups that match your security needs. For example, you might want to create a specific user group that will have exclusive access to confidential versions.

CLS applies to versions in products and in libraries of IXIA Dynamic Release Management. To configure CLS, you must have permission to configure DRM.

  1. In CCMS Desktop, open the Dynamic Release Management (DRM) view, browse to the Product or Library that you want to configure, and then browse to the version that you want to configure.
  2. Right-click the version, then click Set Security.
  3. Set security in one of the following ways:
    • To change access for a group in the list, click Read-write or Read-only.
    • To remove a group and make the content invisible to them, click the X next to the group.

    • To give access to a group that is not in the list, select the group and click Add Group. By default, a newly added group has Read-only access. If you want the newly added group to have more access, click Read-write.

  4. Verify in CCMS Web that the settings are what you expect.
    Table 1. CLS settings

    Verification focus

    Actions

    A group has Read-write access

    Log into CCMS Web as the user and verify that you can create a map in that version.

    Note: In CCMS Web, versions are called branches.

    A group has Read-only access
    1. Create a topic in the version and use CCMS Desktop to assign it to a user in the group with read-only access.
    2. Log into CCMS Web as the user, and ensure the topic is read-only, not editable.

    A group has no access
    1. Create a topic in the version and use CCMS Desktop to assign it to a user in the group with no access.
    2. Log into CCMS Web as the user, and ensure the topic is not visible on the My Assignments page.