Manually Installing Self Service with Volume Purchasing

Jamf Pro Documentation 11.16.0
Solution
Application
Content Type
Technical Documentation
Utilities & Services
version
11.16.0
ft:locale
en-US
vrm_version
11.16.0
  1. Log in to Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager.
  2. Click Apps and Books on the left side of the page.
  3. Search for "Jamf Self Service" in the search bar.
  4. Click Jamf Self Service.
  5. Assign yourself a volume purchasing token in the Choose a Location drop down menu.
  6. Enter quantity licenses needed and click Get.
  7. In Jamf Pro, click Settings in the sidebar.
  8. In the Global section, click Volume purchasing .
  9. Click New.
  10. Fill out fields as needed.
  11. Click Upload Service Token and upload the volume purchasing token to your Jamf Pro Instance.
  12. In Jamf Pro, click Settings in the sidebar.
  13. In the Self Service section, click iOS .
  14. Click Edit.
  15. On the General tab, select "Manually install Self Service App" from the Installation Method menu, and configure any additional settings.
  16. Click Save .
  17. Click Devices in the sidebar.
  18. Click Mobile Device Apps in the sidebar.
  19. Click New.
  20. Select App Store app or apps purchased in volume and click Next.
  21. Do one of the following:
    • To add the app by browsing the App Store or apps purchased in volume, enter Jamf Self Service, choose an App Store country and click Next. Then click Add.
    • To add the app by uploading a VPP code spreadsheet, click Choose File and upload the Excel spreadsheet (.xls) that contains VPP codes for the app.
    • To add the app by manually entering information about it, click Enter Manually.
  22. On the General tab, select "Install Automatically/Prompt Users to Install" from the Distribution Method pop-up menu, and configure any additional settings.
    Note:

    Do not scope to mobile devices yet.

  23. Click the Managed Distribution tab.
  24. Click Assign Content Purchased in Volume.
  25. Select your Volume Purchasing token.
  26. Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the app.
  27. On the App Configuration tab, add the following lines to the Preferences field:
    <dict>
<key>INVITATION_STRING</key>
<string>$MOBILEDEVICEAPPINVITE</string>
<key>JSS_ID</key>
<string>$JSSID</string>
<key>SERIAL_NUMBER</key>
<string>$SERIALNUMBER</string>
<key>DEVICE_NAME</key>
<string>$DEVICENAME</string>
<key>MAC_ADDRESS</key>
<string>$MACADDRESS</string>
<key>MANAGEMENT_ID</key>
<string>$MANAGEMENTID</string>
<key>JSS_URL</key>      
<string>$JPS_URL</string>
</dict>
  28. Click Save .

Self Service is distributed to mobile devices in the scope the next time they check in with Jamf Pro.