(Recommended Method) Importing the Default Mobile Device Configuration from iboss cloud to Jamf Pro

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  1. In your iboss cloud environment, navigate to the Data Redirection page and click Cloud Connectors.
  2. Under iboss cloud for iOS, click Download.
  3. Select Unsupervised Settings.
  4. Open the downloaded file in a text editor and set the values within the VPN key to the following values:
    • AuthName —Use one of the following variables for the identifier type that will be populated for each device:

      • $USERNAME

      • $DEVICENAME

      • $SERIALNUMBER

    • ProviderBundleIdentifier —com.iboss.ibossCloudForIOSEnterprise.AppProxy
    • ProviderType —Remove this key and its associated packet-tunnel string
    • VPNSubType —com.iboss.ibossCloudForIOSEnterprise
  5. Set the values within the VendorConfig key to the following values:
    • WebSecurityKey —Set this to the group security key for the policy's targeted filter group.
    • AutoLoginSecurityGroups —Set this to the group name that is associated with the security key from the WebSecurityKey parameter.
    • CloudRegistrationSSLPort —If the proxy port was provisioned as 8009, set this to 8016. If the proxy port was provisioned as 80, set this to 443
    • GatewayPort —Set this to the port used by the iboss cloud proxy.
    • ProxyAutoConfigurationScriptURL —Set this to the URL for the iboss cloud PAC script.
    • RunTimeMode —standard
  6. Save your changes.
  7. In Jamf Pro, click Devices at the top of the page.
  8. Click Configuration Profiles.
  9. Click Upload.
  10. Select the file you just modified.
  11. Click Upload again.
  12. Use the General payload to configure the basic settings for the profile.
  13. From the Distribution Method pop-up menu, select "Install Automatically".
  14. Use the rest of the payloads to configure the settings you want to apply.
  15. (Optional) If you plan to use SSL decryption, you must add the iboss cloud SSL decryption certificate to the configuration profile.

    1. Configure the Certificate payload.

    2. Enter a name for the certificate.

    3. From the Select Certificate Option pop-up menu, select "Upload".

    4. Select Upload Certificate.
      Note:

      The file you upload to Jamf Pro must use the .cer file type.

    5. Upload your iboss cloud SSL decryption certificate.

  16. Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the profile.
  17. Click Save.