SaaS Accelerator Quick Start Checklist

To help you get up and running quickly, here is a checklist to set up the SaaS Accelerator service. All the activities listed here are explained in Configuring SaaS Acceleration.

Add your SaaS Accelerator license

❑ Redeem your token in SCM to activate your license.

Configure SCM

❑ Generate a root CA certificate.

❑ Distribute the root CA certificate from SCM to end-user machines that will accelerate SaaS traffic.

❑ Configure SaaS applications for acceleration.

Configure the SteelHead, SteelFusion Edge, or Mobile Controller

❑ Register clients using the registration token from SCM.

❑ Enable SSL optimization.

❑ Move client-side SteelHead, SteelFusion Edge, or Mobile Controller to the whitelist on SCM.

❑ Enable SaaS acceleration.

❑ Add application-based in-path rule to accelerate the deployed SaaS applications.

Configure the SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead

To configure SaaS acceleration on managed SteelHeads and SteelFusion Edges using SCC, perform these tasks:

❑ Register the SCC with SCM.

❑ Using the SCC, register the managed SteelHeads and SteelFusion Edges with SCM.

❑ Move the SCC, SteelHeads, and SteelFusion Edges to the whitelist on SCM.

❑ Enable SSL optimization in the SCC policy that includes SaaS acceleration.

❑ Enable SaaS Accelerator in the SCC policy that includes SaaS acceleration.

❑ Add an application-based in-path rule, in the SCC policy, to accelerate the deployed SaaS applications.

❑ Push the policy to the managed SteelHeads and SteelFusion Edges.