Applications

Parallels Browser Isolation (PBI) Private Access

The Applications category allows you to add applications that users can work with.

Add an application

To add an application:

1. Navigate to the Application category.

2. Click the Add Application button.

3. Parallels Browser Isolation supports two types of applications:

   • Secure browser: An instance of a secure browser. You can create several instances for different users and groups and configure different policies for them.

   • Web application: A standalone web application.

   Depending on the type of application you want to add, click either Add Secure Browser or Add Secure Web Application.

4. Configure the application settings:

   • Name: The name of the application.

   • (Optional) Description: The description of the application.

   • (Optional) Icon: The application icon.

   • Start URL: Depends on the type of application. For secure browser instances, this is the URL of the home page. For the web application, this is the URL of the application.

   • (Web applications only) Domains: Additional domains that can be accessed from the application, for example, IdP login pages. You can add several domains simultaneously by clicking the Add from File button and selecting a .csv file with the list of domains. In addition to that, you can Add allowed domains by browsing a web application.

   • Users: Users who can access the application.

   • Groups: User groups that can access this application.

   • (Optional) Apply policies: Policies that apply to the application.

5. Click Add.

(Web applications only) Add allowed domains by browsing a web application

Instead of adding allowed domains manually and uploading a .csv file, you can add domains to the allowed domain list by browsing an application.

To add allowed domains by browsing a web application:

1. Navigate to the Application category.

2. Select the application that you want to edit.

3. Navigate to the card with the application that you want to edit and click the three dots button ( ).

4. Click Edit.

5. In the Domains section, click Discover.

6. A new dialog will open the page specified in the application's Start URL field. Navigate through the pages of the web application that accesses other domains and click Next.

7. In the dialog that opens, select the domains that you want to add to the allowed domains list and click Update.

Edit application settings

To edit application settings:

1. Navigate to the Application category.

2. Navigate to the card with the application that you want to edit and click the three dots button ( ).

3. Click Edit and change the settings.

4. Click Save.

You can also edit application settings by clicking the application card and then clicking the Edit button in the side drawer.

View application settings

To view application settings:

1. Navigate to the Application category.

2. Navigate to the card with the application that you want to view.

3. Do one of the following:

   1. Click the card.

   2. Click the three dots button ( ) and click View.

You can also view application settings by clicking on an application card.

Delete an application

To remove an application:

1. Navigate to the Application category.

2. Navigate to the card with the application that you want to delete and click the three dots button ( ).

3. Click Delete.

You can also delete an application by clicking the application card and then clicking the Delete button in the side drawer.

Managing Application Tags and Routing Rules

Application tags define which appliances are permitted to host sessions for a specific application.

Assigning Tags to an Application

1. Navigate to the Applications administration page.

2. Select an existing application or click Add Application.

3. Locate the Tags field (standardized drop-down component).

4. Select one or more existing appliance tags from the list.

   Note: New tags cannot be created directly within the Application form; tags must exist on at least one appliance or be created during appliance setup.

5. Remove any unwanted tags using the selection drop-down.

Configuring Tag Matching Logic (ANY vs. ALL)

When multiple tags are assigned to an application, a matching behavior toggle appears:

• ANY Matching (Toggle Off):

  • Behavior: The application launches from any available appliance that possesses at least one of the selected tags.

  • Helper Text: "The application launches from ANY appliance with a matching tag."

• ALL Matching (Toggle On):

  • Behavior: The application launches only from appliances that contain all of the selected tags simultaneously.

  • Helper Text: "The application launches from appliances with ALL matching tags."

1. Click Save.

Application Tile Display

• Application tiles display up to 2 tags inline as Info-styled chips.

• Additional tags are visible on hover or by opening the application details side drawer.

• Applications with no tags display a neutral No tags status indicator.