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#OS X SERVER APPLE VERIFICATION#
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Begin by making a folder called вЂњSetup,вЂќ and copy the two profiles created earlier to the folder.

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ARD or scripting allows for a quick, automated install each and every time.

Confirm your credentials when prompted to do so. With that said, simply login to a node with administrative credentials and double-click the Trust profile to install, followed by the Enrollment profile.

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Manually installing profiles may be perfectly viable for less than 7 computers, but as the numbers increase, the burden of manual processes grows exponentially.If manually installing the profiles, go to step #14 If using a fully automated, scripted approach or Apple Remote Desktop (ARD), go to step #15 If extending this right to the self-service portal, go to step #16. Deploying the Trust and Enrollment profiles to client devices can be accomplished in several ways, depending on the level of control IT wishes to exercise.This way, hierarchically speaking, the Trust profile will load first, followed by the Enrollment profile each time theyвЂ™re deployed ( Figure G). An easy method to ensure this is to append the вЂњ01_вЂќ to the Trust profile and вЂњ02_вЂќ to the Enrollment profile. The Trust profile must always be loaded first or else the installations will fail. Please note that the order in which these profiles load is extremely important.

With both profiles saved to a local folder or server share, theyвЂ™re almost ready to be deployed to client devices.

Click SaveвЂ¦ to save the new Enrollment profile, then click Download to save a copy of the profile locally.

Keeping this box checked will only allow devices that are pre-staged to communicate with the PM service ( Figure F). Optionally, you may wish to uncheck the box next to Restrict use to devices with placeholders in environments with large deployments or with rapid turnover provisions.

Enter a unique name for the new Enrollment profile.

Click on the plus sign under the Services pane and select Enrollment Profile from the drop-down menu to create a new Enrollment profile.

The second profile, Enrollment, links the client devices to the Profile Manager service for managing settings.

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The Trust profile allows client devices to establish a secured connection with the server and enables verification of the services provided ( Figure E).

Confirm the download of the Trust profile by selecting Download when prompted.

To download the Trust profile, select Download Trust Profile from the drop-down menu, located under the currently logged on userвЂ™s name ( Figure D). They are generated automatically based off the SSL certificate used when setting up the PM service. These two respective profiles are: Trust and Enrollment.

Before continuing any further, profiles must be created that will allow client devices to communicate with and allow itself to be managed by the Profile Manager service.

Profile Manager consists of a three-section website: Services pane, Devices pane, and Information pane ( Figure C).

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Click Log in after entering your administrative username and password ( Figure B). Access to the portal will rely on administrative credentials initially.

Alternately, the website may be accessed directly by entering the hostname into the address bar of a browser.

Clicking on the Open Profile Manager link will open the portal, which is the web-based console for managing Profile Manager.

Select Profile Manager from the Server pane ( Figure A).

Launch Server.app and select the server you wish to manage.

Broadband internet access (Ethernet or Wi-Fi)ДЇollow these steps to manage devices with Profile Manager in OS X Server:.

Open Directory* (Active Directory may be used in lieu of OD).

The following OS X Server services configured and turned on:.

Apple Computer running OS X Server (1.0+).

LetвЂ™s take a look at answers to these questions, plus some best practices for staging and managing devices.Д«elow are the requirements for managing Profile Manager in OS X Server: So, how does one go about adding unknown devices to Profile Manager? And how can some types of devices be administered while not impacting others?

Yet they must be configured, secured, and supported by IT through their lifecycle. Today, new devices may be personally owned, and some mobile devices you may never even physically touch! However, the rise of initiatives such as BYOD and the Consumerization of IT (CoIT) has changed the device management field significantly. Enterprise-level suites performed the вЂњheavy liftingвЂќ on thousands of connected computers. As networks grew and bandwidth speeds got faster, so did the number of nodes to be managed. Managing devices has long been the core function of a systems administrator. Jesus Vigo walks through the steps of adding unknown devices to Profile Manager in Apple's OS X Server.

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Pro tip: Add devices to Profile Manager in OS X Server

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