Creating Enrollment Rules for Smart Devices

To manage Smart devices using Avalanche, create enrollment rules. Enrollment rules allow devices to connect to the server and display devices in the right folders. An enrollment rule contains an ID, password, and the folder that devices using the rule are placed in.

To connect a device to Avalanche, the device user must provide the enrollment ID and password. When the device connects, it enrolls and is placed in the folder associated with the enrollment rule it used. You have the option to move the device to a different folder after it is enrolled, but if the device re-enrolls, it is moved back to the folder associated with the enrollment rule.

You can create an enrollment rule for a group of people you define, or for an organizational unit in an LDAP directory.

Group. A group policy allows any device using the policy to enroll. To enroll a device using a group enrollment rule, the user provides the enrollment name and password. The device is placed in the folder associated with the enrollment rule.

LDAP. When you create an LDAP enrollment rule, you link the enrollment rule to an organizational unit in your LDAP directory service. To enroll a device using an LDAP enrollment rule, the user provides the enrollment name and password and his own domain and username. The device is placed in the folder associated with the enrollment rule.

Before you can create an LDAP enrollment rule, you must install the Avalanche premise server and configure Avalanche with the addresses for the premise server and your existing LDAP server. For information on configuring these settings, see Configuring General System Settings.

Each enrollment rule must have a unique ID. We recommend that enrollment rules use have IDs that are specific to your company and indicate the purpose for the enrollment rule. For example, you may create enrollment IDs that begin with your company name and then name the department that will use the enrollment rule. For security reasons, you cannot create an enrollment rule that has the same ID as an enrollment rule used by another company.

A device uses the enrollment rule when it enrolls. If you change the folder associated with an enrollment rule, devices that have already enrolled are not affected and do not change folders. If you move a device to a new folder, it is only moved back into the enrollment rule folder if the device user attempts to re-enroll. You can have more than one enrollment rule associated with a folder.

All of the enrollment rules for your company are available at each folder of the company. As long as the user has permissions for enrollment rules, he can create or edit an enrollment rule from any folder. However, when you deploy an enrollment rule, you must include the folder the rule is associated with in the deployment.

To create an enrollment rule:

1  Click the Enrollment tab. In the Navigation Tree, select the folder you want the rule to be associated with. In the Enrollment Rules panel, click Add.

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In the Navigation Tree, select the folder you want to create a rule for and click View. On the Folder Details page, click Add in the Enrollment Rules panel. The Enrollment Rule dialog box appears.

2  Type the enrollment ID and password in the text boxes.

3  Choose whether the rule type is group or LDAP. If you create a rule for LDAP, select the organizational unit you want to associate with the enrollment rule. The LDAP option is only available if you have LANDesk Mobility Manager installed.

4  When you are using the LANDesk Portal app with Avalanche, the Portal app generally requires each user to provide his LDAP credentials in order to use the app. If you want to allow users to access the Portal app without providing credentials, clear the Require LDAP credentials to access the corporate portal option.

5  If you want the device to display a End User License Agreement (EULA) to the device user that the user must accept in order to be managed, you can upload one of your own or modify the template provided by Wavelink. Click Download template to view the sample template, or click Browse to upload your own text file.

6  Click Save.

7  Perform a deployment to send the enrollment rule to the Smart device server. Be sure to include the folder associated with the rule in the folders that are deployed.

When a device uses the enrollment rule, it appears in the folder's inventory and the Smart device profile applied to the folder will be applied on the device.

 


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