Adding Application Connectors for MDMs

AppViewX supports creating an application connector for the following MDM vendors:

  • MobileIron
  1. Enter the General Information for the connector.
    Field Description
    *Category From the dropdown list, select MDM.

    If the certificate being pushed was enrolled with CSR generation at endpoint, this field is auto populated with the category selected at the time of certificate enrollment.
    *Vendor From the dropdown list, select the required vendor.

    If the certificate being pushed was enrolled with CSR generation at endpoint, this field is auto populated with the vendor selected at the time of certificate enrollment.
    *Connector Name Enter a name for this connector, to be able to identify it later.

    AppViewX recommends naming connectors according to use cases so they are easily distinguishable.

    Description Enter any additional details you want to record for this connector.
    Based on the information populated here, the Device Groups section is populated with the list of available devices for the specified vendor that are already onboarded in AppViewX.
  2. To select the device(s) to which the certificate will be pushed, under Device Groups, from the list of Available Devices, click .
    The Selected devices list is updated automatically.
  3. Enter the Certificate Details.
    Table 1. Field descriptions for the Certificate Details
    Field Description
    *Configuration name Enter the name of the configuration profile that includes the certificate to be pushed.

    A configuration profile defines the policies for managed devices.
    *Certificate Category Enter the name of the certificate group to which the certificate to be pushed belongs.
    *Certificate Type From the dropdown list, select the file type of the certificate to be pushed.
    *PFX Password This field is displayed for the PKCS#12 certificates.

    Enter the password that will be required to access the .pfx and the .p12 certificate files.
    Push Root and Intermediate Certificates To push the root and intermediate certificates, along with the end certificate, select this checkbox.
  4. Enter the Push Details.
    Table 2. Field descriptions for the Push Details
    Field Description
    *Script Location Script files are commonly used to perform certain tasks required to be completed before and/or after a certificate is pushed to the target system.

    The script to be run before the certificate is pushed is called a pre-push script and the script to be run after the push is called a post-push script.

    From the following options, select the location of the script file(s):

    • In AppViewX
    • In Device
    Pre - Push Script File Name Enter the file name of the pre-push script.
    Important: Read the pre and push script usage instructions here.
    Pre - Push Script File Path This field is displayed when Script Location = In Device.
    Enter the location on your local system where the pre-push script file is stored.
    Important: Read the pre and push script usage instructions here.
    Post - Push Script File Name
    Enter the file name of the post push script.
    Important: Read the pre and push script usage instructions here.
    Post - Push Script File Path This field is displayed when Script Location = In Device.
    Enter the location on your local system where the post-push script file is stored.
    Important: Read the pre and push script usage instructions here.
    Overwrite The Overwrite option is used to specify if existing certificates on the target system will be overwritten with the certificate being pushed.

    If this option is enabled, the certificate being pushed will overwrite any existing certificates with the same identifier on the target system. This will also ensure that only the latest version of the certificate is available on the target system.

    If it is disabled, the push operation will fail in the event of conflicts with the certificates on the target system.
    Push Automatically To automatically push the certificate after it is renewed/reissued to the target system, enable this checkbox.
    Note: The auto push feature for a certificate works only if enabled for the certificate application connector as well the associated certificate group. To enable this feature at the certificate group level, refer the instructions here.
  5. Click Save.
    The connector is displayed on the certificate holistic view.