User guide
QuickZTNA Admin Guide
Run a QuickZTNA organization: SSO and SCIM, auth keys, device approval, ACL and posture policies, the workforce-security features, audit, and billing — per feature.
Last updated June 16, 2026
Table of contents
This is the operator’s manual for running a QuickZTNA organization — the work that happens in the admin dashboard, not on an individual device. If you’re setting up a device, start with the user guide; if you’re scripting, the CLI reference and REST API are the contract.
QuickZTNA is a managed cloud service. You administer your organization through the dashboard at login.quickztna.com; the ztna CLI and the REST API expose the same surface for inspection and automation. Every feature below has its own deep-dive page with a how-it-works diagram, enable steps, worked API/CLI examples, a configuration reference, enforcement and verification, honest limits, and the audit events it emits.
Identity & access
- Identity & onboarding — connect OIDC/SAML/Google/GitHub, provision with SCIM, issue auth keys, approve and retire devices.
- Access control: ACLs & ABAC — priority-ordered rules over users/tags/groups, ABAC conditions, threat-intel deny, subnet routes and exit nodes.
- Device posture & compliance — require a security baseline (disk encryption, firewall, AV, patch age) in enforce/monitor/disabled modes, with auto-quarantine.
Network security
- DNS filtering & threat feeds — block malware/phishing/C2 and content categories with free feeds plus custom allow/blocklists.
- CASB & Shadow IT discovery — discover SaaS from DNS logs, score risk, enforce per-app policy, and run an approval workflow.
Workforce security
- Workforce security overview — the map of the optional workforce layer and what ships today.
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) — file-content scanning for secrets/PII, masked events, SIEM emission (detect-and-alert).
- Workforce analytics & user-risk — opt-in, consent-gated session/productivity analytics, software inventory and patches, seven-factor user-risk.
- Remote access: shell & desktop — free consent-aware SSH/shell over the mesh, and paid WebRTC remote desktop.
Operate
- AI Operator — natural-language ACLs, event summaries, incident response, and tool-calling chat — every write goes through preview → confirm → revert.
- Observability: audit, compliance, metrics — audit log and SIEM export, compliance drift + signed reports, threat intel, Prometheus metrics, secrets vault.
- Plans & billing — the two tiers, what’s included (full feature parity), how seat + device limits are enforced, and billing.
Plans at a glance
QuickZTNA’s Free plan covers 5 users and 100 devices, forever, with every feature included — the WireGuard mesh, MagicDNS, ABAC policies, device posture, DNS filtering, the AI assistant, remote SSH, SCIM, workforce analytics, DLP, CASB, and remote desktop. Business ($10 per user / month) adds only scale: unlimited users (billed per seat) and a 10,000-device cap — the same features. Full breakdown on Plans & billing and the pricing page.
A note on what’s shipped
This guide describes what the product does today. Where a capability is on the roadmap rather than shipped (for example post-quantum key exchange, or self-hosting), it’s marked as such — the data plane today is classical WireGuard, and QuickZTNA is managed cloud only.
Frequently asked questions
- What's the difference between the user guide and the admin guide?
- The user guide covers operating a device — install, connect, troubleshoot. The admin guide covers running the organization — connecting your identity provider, issuing auth keys, approving devices, writing access and posture policies, and configuring the workforce-security and audit features. Each feature has its own deep-dive page here with architecture, configuration, worked REST API/CLI examples, enforcement, limits, and audit events.
- Do admin tasks require the CLI?
- No. Everything is in the admin dashboard. The CLI (ztna acl, ztna machines, ztna auth-keys, ztna posture, etc.) gives read/inspection access and a few actions for scripting; the REST API is the full programmatic surface the dashboard itself uses, and every feature page shows the exact calls.
- How do I know what's actually shipped versus roadmap?
- Each page is explicit about scope and limits. Where a capability is narrower than common shorthand implies — DLP is file-scan and detect-only, CASB is DNS-layer, posture signals are self-reported, PQC and self-hosting are not shipped — the page says so plainly. If you find a gap between a page and the product, that's a docs bug; tell us at support@quickztna.com.