Provisioning Configuration Data and Certificates

(Applies only to Online Data Proxy) Automate the process of provisioning applications by enabling a group of applications to be intially provisioned with a set of parameters from a configuration file, and transferring certificates, using Afaria.

  1. The Afaria Administrator performs tasks to configure the Afaria portal package for deploying the provisioning file and X.509 certificate.
    Task Afaria documentation topics
    Creates an Afaria portal package.

    Provisioning Configuration Data for an iOS Application

    Provisioning Configuration Data for an Android Application

    Imports the provisioning file to the Afaria portal package.
    Adds the Afaria portal package to a Group Profile.
    Configures a Certificate Authority server for the Afaria portal package.

    Provisioning a Certificate for an iOS Application

    Provisioning a Certificate for an Android Application

  2. The Afaria Administrator distributes the application through Afaria server, and instructs the user how to connect to the Afaria environment and enroll in management. User installs the application through Afaria client.
    When the application starts, the application prompts the device user to enter the required configuration information for the CA server, such as the Common Name and Challenge Code.