Deploying an Activation Profile to Enable Web Protection

Jamf Protect Documentation

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Web protection is deployed through your MDM solution using an activation profile in Jamf Security Cloud.

Note:

If you have already followed the instructions in the Distribute the Jamf Trust App with Jamf Pro documentation, you may have already deployed an activation profile to devices. If so, disregard this step and advance to the next step in the workflow.

Requirements
  • Administrator access to your Jamf Pro account

  • Access to the administrative portal of Jamf Protect

  • Access to Jamf Security Cloud to use a pre-configured activation profile

  1. In Jamf Security Cloud, navigate to Devices > Activation profiles > Default Activation Profile.
  2. In the Managed deployment section, under Select your UEM solution, select Jamf Pro.
  3. Under Select your OS, select macOS.
  4. Click Configuration profiles to download the profile.
  5. In Jamf Pro, click Computers in the sidebar.
  6. Click Configuration Profiles in the sidebar.
  7. Click Upload .
  8. Select the previously downloaded configuration profile to enable web protection on the target computer.
  9. (Optional) In the DNS settings, configure the On-demand rules by adding the domains you want to bypass from Jamf Security DNS resolution.
    Note:

    Ensure that you only add domains that are locally resolvable and not available on public DNS servers. For more information, see Advanced Split-DNS Settings.

  10. Select the Scope tab to select which computers are deployed with web protection. See Scope in the Jamf Pro Documentation for more information about configuring the scope.
  11. Click Save .