The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to setup, configure and test XenMobile Device Manager 9.0 prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. The views, opinions and concepts expressed are those by the author of this entry only and do not necessary conform to industry descriptions or best practises.
Shortened Names
XENMOBILE APPCONTROLLER – xac
APPLE PUSH NOTIFICATION SERVICE – apns
ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL – rbac
LIGHT WEIGHT DIRECTORY PROTOCOL – ldap
ACTIVE DIRECTORY – ad
CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST – csr
FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME – fqdn
RECEIVER FOR WEB – rfw
CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY – ca
STOREFRONT SERVICES – sfs
PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE – pki
NETSCALER GATEWAY – nsg
XENMOBILE DEVICE MANAGER – xdm
XENMOBILE NETSCALER CONNECTOR – xnc
SECURE TICKET AUTHORITY – sta
DOMAIN NAME SERVER – dns
Self-paced Online (SPO) XenMobile Device Manager Training
1: Course # CXM-200 entitled “Deploying Citrix XenMobile Device Manager Server” at – http://training.citrix.com/mod/ctxcatalog/course.php?id=834. Note at the time of writing this blog entry Thursday 17/07/2014 this SPO was freely available with a valid Citrix.com account.
2: Course # CXM-201
Administering and Managing Devices with Citrix XenMobile 9.0 – http://training.citrix.com/mod/ctxcatalog/course.php?id=923. Login to view the price at http://training.citrix.com.
XenMobile APNS Signing Portal
This service requires a valid Citrix.com partner access details to sign-in and sign your APNS CSR – https://xenmobiletools.citrix.com/. Please review the documented APNS process for XenMobile Device Manager at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-90/xmob-dm-config-requesting-apns-con.html.
Handset Security
1: How do you know a handset is secure outside of MDM or EMM providers? Well I typically search for a security Whitepaper or security micro sites that covers off the h/w and or software security hardening of these mobile handsets and I have listed a few below enjoy. Note the resources are not listed in any particular order.
Samsung Knox – https://www.samsungknox.com/en/support/knox/white-paper
Windows Phone 8.1 Security Overview – http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/9/A/B9A00269-28D5-4ACA-9E8E-E2E722B35A7D/Windows-Phone-8-1-Security-Overview.pdf
iOS Security – http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_Feb14.pdf
Android Security Overview – https://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/