AfariaGCM

Afaria GCM Setup

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OBTAINING A GOOGLE GCM ACCOUNT ...................................................................................................... 3

RECONFIGURE ENROLLMENT POLICIES .................................................................................................... 8

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Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM) is a service that helps developers send data from servers to their Android applications on Android devices. This could be a lightweight message telling the Android application that there is new data to be fetched from the server (for instance, a movie uploaded by a friend), or it could be a message containing up to 4kb of payload data (so apps like instant messaging can consume the message directly). The GCM service handles all aspects of queuing of messages and is utilized by Afaria to deliver MDM commands to Android devices. GCM is completely free no matter how big your messaging needs are, and there are no quotas. The below instructions outline how to request a Google GCM account which is required for Android Device Management. OBTAINING A GOOGLE GCM ACCOUNT

1. Navigate to the Google GCM Overview Site:

http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html

2. Log onto the Google API Console:

https://code.google.com/apis/console

3. From the Console, Click on “Register” from the Dashboard view and enter your Project ID, then click on

“Choose this ID”

http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html

https://code.google.com/apis/console

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4. In the Address bar, copy the “ProjectID” out of the URL and save for later use:

a. Sample ProjectID: 6296221286

5. Before we can create the API keys, we will need to enable the Google Cloud Messaging for Android

Service. To do this click on the Services Link and ensure the Messaging Service is enabled:

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Figure 1; Click on Services

Figure 2: Google Cloud Messaging for Android = Enabled

6. Now that the service is enabled, we need to generate the server “Keys” that will bind the bind the

API service to a specific server IP address or IP address range:

7. Click on API Access

8. Click on “Create new Serer key”

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9. You will need to bind the server IP address to the Google API Project, it will accept entire subnets thus

you could utilize something like 10.0.0.0/99 as a valid range.

For Amazon Afaria instances you can just leave this blank as it is not required to provide a specific IP address/range. For production customers this would however add an additional level of security:

10. When you click on “Create” you will see the following Key’s created:

Option 1: Key for server apps (with IP locking)

API key: AIzaSyB1uigJaDQQxLSnUYGdjapB-ZmIZZmLzxU

IPs: 10.85.98.0/99 - Only servers with this IP range will work

Activated on: Jul 27, 2012 12:58 PM

Activated by: [email protected] – you

Option 2: Key for server apps (with IP locking)

API key: AIzaSyDbCaMJEr3LlnBxqdJvIgcFcsdaoXcWCAY

IPs: Any IP allowed - Allows any server to utilize API access.



Option 3: Key for browser apps (with referers)

API key: AIzaSyDsmfzMUf9GvRBY6MaIIeRtQCwm1gj5PIs

Referers: Any referer allowed

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RECONFIGURE ENROLLMENT POLICIES

Once the GCM patch is applied, it is necessary to re-create all Android enrollment policies. When the user

enters the enrollment code on the device, the enrollment policy using GCM is applied. Next time an existing

device connects, the configuration policy containing the new GCM information is pushed to the device.

You should only need to deactivate your current Android Enrollment policy and then create a new one. Make

sure you configure it to map to the proper “Group”, “Variables”, etc.

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