Hey guys, could you give an idea on what exctly is the use and the best way to create and distribute config profiles to macs?
Hello @ann-christin, thank you for reaching out to us!
Hexnode UEM provides many policies that can be specified and associated with your devices. However, with Custom Configuration profiles, you can configure specific settings, enforce restrictions and set up preferences for managed Apple devices even outside the scope of what we currently support.
To create and customize configuration profiles, you can use tools like Apple Configurator, Profile Manager or manually create them using text editors. Use non-encrypted .mobileconfig, .xml, or plist files to deploy profiles across iOS/iPadOS, macOS and tvOS devices. You can view the deployed configuration profiles at the Profiles section in Device Settings.
While creating profiles, you can use dynamic variables (Wildcards supported by hexnode) for commonly used device and user fields instead of entering them manually. Dynamic variables automatically fetch the requisite information from the enrollment details when the configuration profile is sent to devices or assigned to a user.
Use Apple’s Configuration profile documentation to see what payloads you may include in a configuration profile. You can also check out the profile reference documentation maintained by the MacAdmins community for reference and generic profile templates.
Once you’ve created the profiles, log in to the Hexnode portal and follow the below steps to distribute them to the devices.
- Start by going to Policies and navigating to Deploy Custom Configuration under Configurations within the macOS tab.
- Now select Configure and Choose File to select a configuration profile from your device by clicking Upload. If the file has already been added to the Hexnode console, you can select it directly.
- Click OK.
- Finally, navigate to Policy Targets and associate devices/device groups/users/user groups/domains to the policy and click OK.
- Save the policy.
Check out deploying custom configuration profiles to macOS devices for further information.
Hope this answer suits your requirements.
Cheers!
Emma Jones
Hexnode UEM
14 March 2022