Adding an OS X Configuration Payload - Application Management

5 Application Management

5.6 Adding an OS X Configuration Payload

An App Catalog Administrator or an App Catalog Publisher can add an OS X configuration payload and publish it on Mobile Place.

Procedure

1. Click Applications.

2. From the Manage Apps tab, click New Application.

3. Select OS X Configuration Payload and click Next.

4. Enter the following information in the Details page:

○ Language - Select a language from the list.

Note

The languages that appear depend on the language settings on the Account Settings Mobile Place page.

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○ Name - Enter a name for the new application. The name cannot exceed 200 characters, including spaces.

○ Description - Enter a description for the new application. The description cannot exceed 4000 characters, including spaces. HTML content is supported. You can also apply styles to the description text, such as different fonts, text color, background color and insert or unlink URLs. Select any text to enable the Insert/Edit Link control. In the Insert/Edit Link window.

1. Enter the link URL.

2. In the Target field, specify whether the link is opened in the current window or a new one.

3. Enter the title and click Insert.

Note

Applying styles on the text affects the number of characters. Minimize style effects to maximize the number of characters you can enter.

○ (Optional) Keywords - Enter keywords separated by commas that help users search for, and retrieve, new applications. Keywords cannot exceed 60 characters.

5. (Optional) Select the checkbox Mark as featured app.

6. (Optional) By default, the checkbox Accessible to unauthenticated users is disabled. This checkbox is enabled only if unauthenticated access is enabled from Account Settings Mobile Place page.

If Accessible to unauthenticated users check box is selected, an application is visible to unauthenticated users only.

Note

You can not select both the check boxes Deploy to managed devices only and Accessible to unauthenticated users at the same time.

7. Click Save to save the information on the Details page.

8. Click Groups, and select the visibility of the application to all users, or only to selected groups.

You can search for an existing group by typing the group name in the search groups window. Use the Actions icon to sort the list based on group name, or apply filters to search for a group.

You can also create a new group, if required, by selecting the static or directory group option from the New group drop-down list. The newly created group is selected, by default.

For more information on how to create groups, see Group Management section.

9. If you have chosen to show the application only to selected groups, select the required groups from the list.

10. Click Save to save the information on the Groups page.

11. Click Multimedia. Upload an application icon or banner image by clicking Browse.

The application icon must support the following properties:

○ Only png, jpeg, and jpg file formats are supported.

○ The recommended resolution is 76px X 76px.

○ You can upload only one application icon. If you do not upload an application icon, the default application icon (the image that appears below the Application icon field) is used.

The banner image must support the following properties:

○ Only png, jpeg, and jpg file formats are supported.

○ The recommended resolution should be 1024px X 230px.

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○ You can upload only one banner image.

12. Click Save to save the information on the Multimedia page.

13. Click Categories. To add a new application to available categories, double-click or drag and drop categories from the Available box to the Selected box.

14. Click Save to save the information on the Categories page.

15. Click Owner info to view owner information of a application and select up to five co-owners for a new application.

16. Click the Edit App Owner icon to change the application owner.

Note

Only users with App Catalog Admin role can edit the application owner.

The Select Owner dialog is displayed.

Note

Only users who have App Catalog Admin and App Publisher roles are displayed.

17. Click on the radio button to select the user and click OK.

App owner information is updated in the Owner info page.

18. Click Add Co-Owner to add new co-owner(s).

The Select co-owners dialog is displayed.

19. Search for a co-owner by username, first name, last name, or email address.

Note

Only users who are assigned the App Catalog Admin role or App Publisher role can be selected as co-owners.

20.Select the checkbox to select a co-owner.

21. Click OK.

Selected co-owners now appear on the Owner info page.

22.Click Save to save the Owner info page.

23.Click Supported platforms to add a configuration payload and provide details for a specific OS X platform.

24.Click Get Started.

25. (Application owners or co-owners only) On the Add New Platform page:

○ Select the OS platform - OS X.

○ By default, Desktop form factor is selected.

○ Browse and upload an OS X configuration payload file.

Note

The file extension of an OS X configuration payload file is .mobileconfig.

○ Select the minimum OS X version that the new payload will support.

26.Click Multimedia to add videos and screenshots.

For the application image or screenshot:

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○ Only png, jpeg, and jpg file formats are supported.

○ The recommended resolution is 244px X 244px (thumbnail) and 640px X 480px if the image is expanded by clicking the thumbnail.

For the video:

○ Only mp4 file type is allowed.

○ The maximum file size cannot exceed 35 MB.

27. Click Documents to add a document that contains additional information about the new application.

○ Only doc, pdf, txt, ppt, pptx, and docx file types are allowed.

○ The maximum file size of each document cannot exceed 35 MB.

28.Click Trial users to add one or more trial user who can test the application before it is published to all users.

29.Click Add Trial User.

The Select Trial Users dialog is displayed.

30.Search trial users by username, first name, last name, or email address and select the checkbox.

Note

Only users who are assigned the Mobile Place User role can be designated as trial user.

31. Click OK to close the Select Trial Users dialog.

Selected trial users now appears on the Trial users page.

32.Click Save when prompted, to accept the updated supported OS and app version information.

33.Click OK to upload your new application.

34.Click OK to close the Edit Platform dialog.

The Supported Platforms page is updated with supported OS version and app version information.

35.Click Save to save the supported platforms information.

36.On the Supported Platforms page, click the Actions icon to:

○ Approve - send a notification to the App Catalog Administrator to approve if the platform state is in trial or production requested state. On approving a trial request or a production request, the Application

Notification dialog appears. Choose whether to send the application notification to all subscribed users or to not send the notification.

○ Reject - send a notification to App Catalog Administrator to reject if the platform state is in trial or production requested state. On rejecting a trial request or a production request, the Reject Trial Request or Reject Production Request dialog is displayed and a reason must be provided by the App Catalog Administrator. Additional comments (optional) may also be provided.

○ Request Trial - send a request to the App Catalog Administrator to publish the application in Mobile Place App Catalog for trial users to test the app.

○ Set to Trial - send a notification to App Catalog Administrator to publish the application on the Mobile Place App Catalog for only trial users to install and test the app.

○ Request Production - send a notification to the App Catalog Administrator to publish the application on the Mobile Place App Catalog to all the end users.

Note

If you modify or add a new platform and select this option, any existing platforms are removed from Mobile Place. Click OK to continue or Cancel to retain the current platform information.

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○ Set to Production - send a notification to the App Catalog Administrator to publish the application on the Mobile Place App Catalog for all users to access and install the application. On setting it to production, the Application Notification dialog appears. Choose whether to send the application notification to all

subscribed users or to not send the notification.

Note

If you modify or add a new platform, and select Request Production or Set to Production, any existing platforms from Mobile Place. Click OK to continue or click Cancel to retain the current platform information.

○ Retire - send a notification to the App Catalog Administrator to retire the application if it is in production . Once an application is retired, end users can no longer download it. However, users who have already installed the app can continue to use it.

○ Delete - send a notification to the App Catalog Administrator to delete a retired application that is in production (when in New and Trial state but not in Requested state). If the application is in New state, the application can be deleted by the publisher as well.

37. You can also click the Edit icon in the Supported Platforms page to edit the platform. Publisher can edit any binary information in the "New" state. A user who is assigned the administrator rights can edit any non-binary information at any point of time except that he cannot change anything once the application supported platform is in "Production" state.

The application workflow state transition for App Catalog Admin role and App Catalog Publisher role is described in the tables below.

Table 9: App Catalog Admin Role - Application Workflow State Transition

State Can Edit Available Action Items

New Yes, except OS platform and binary Request Trial, Set to Trial, Request Production, Set to Production, Delete Trial Requested Yes, except OS platform and binary Approve, Reject

Trial Yes, except OS platform and binary Request Production, Set to Production, Delete

Production Requested Yes, except OS platform and binary Approve, Reject

Production No Retire

Retired No Delete

Table 10: App Catalog Publisher Role - Application Workflow State Transition

State Can Edit Available Action Items

New Yes, except OS platform and binary Request Trial, Request Production, De

lete

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