In order to push Apple profiles to devices, you must upload them to the server first.
Uploading Apple iOS profiles to server
To upload an Apple profile to the server, do the following:
Navigate to Provisioning > Apple iOS profiles.
To upload a configuration profile (with file extension .mobileconfig), click the Configuration panel section
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To upload a provisioning profile (with file extension .mobileprovision), click the Provisioning panel section
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Click the Upload Apple profile action in the toolbar:
A dialog is shown, in which you can select and upload the profile file.
Please note that if your DME server is set up in a load balanced cluster environment, you need to choose this action from a single node, not the main server path (which is the address of the load balancer). Otherwise the load balancer may mix up session IDs, and the operation will fail. See separate cluster setup documentation.
Click Accept.
A new dialog, Edit Profile, is shown, in which you supply the information that DME could not retrieve automatically from the profile file. Some of the fields described below only apply to either Configuration or Provisioning profiles. This is marked below.
After completing the dialog form, click Save to enter the new profile into the list.
These are the fields of the Edit Profile dialog:
Filename
This field shows the filename and size of the current configuration file, and whether the file is signed and encrypted. Note that signing a configuration file is not really necessary, as it will be provisioned from the trusted DME server over a HTTPS connection.
Name
Enter a descriptive name. This will be shown in the Configuration or Provisioning panel section.
Identifier / App. identifier
Mandatory. Specify an app identifier that matches the identifier registered by the profile for this app - something like com.companyname.appname. Otherwise the device cannot verify (and run) the app.
Expiration date (provisioning profiles only)
Mandatory. Specify an expiration date for the current profile.
Organization (configuration profiles only)
Specify the name of the organization to which the identifier above is registered.
Category
You can divide your Apple profiles into self-defined categories. The list of categories is dynamically extended with any new category you add in the field. In the list of profiles, the profiles are grouped into the defined categories.
SMS code
You can specify an SMS code to enable users to send an SMS with a request for the configuration file to be downloaded to the device. For more information, see Self-provisioning.
Description
In this field you can enter a description of the current Apple profile. Use it to describe what the configuration or provisioning profile actually does. The description is shown as a tooltip when you hover the mouse over the configuration name in the profile list.
This information is shown in the Apple iOS profiles setup panel. You can edit some of the information again by clicking the profile name from the list of profiles.
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