Export Trust and Enrollment Profiles - Part 3

Part 3:  Export Trust and Enrollment Profiles

Now that Profile Manger has been setup we need to prepare for device enrollment.  I prefer to use Apple Configurator to prepare and enroll the iOS devices, then manage them with Profile Manager 2.  Before we prepare and enroll the devices we need to save the trust profile and enrollment profile from Profile Manager.

Setup

This setup assumes that you have Profile Manger 2 configured and have installed Apple Configurator.  If you have not setup Configurator, it can be downloaded for free from the Mac App Store.

I would perform the following steps from the computer that Configurator is installed on.

Download Trust and Enrollment Profiles

1.  Log into Profile Manager 2 with an account authorized for Profile Manger.

2.  Click on your username in the upper right corner of the Profile Manger page.

3.  Click Download Trust Profile.  The trust profile will now be saved to your Downloads folder.  We will use this shortly.

4.  Click on the + in the lower left corner of Profile Manger 2 and click Enrollment Profile.  A new enrollment profile will now be created.

5.  Click on the title New Enrollment Profile and type the name of the enrollment profile.  I usually use the name of my organization.  i.e. MySchool Enrollment Profile

6.  There is a checkbox to Restrict use to devices with placeholders.  If you leave this checked you will need to use the Devices library to prestage your devices.  If it is unchecked any device can use this profile to join your PM2 server.

7.  Click Save, and confirm by clicking Save.

8.  Next click the Download button to download your enrollment profile to the Downloads folder.

NOTE:  10.7 and 10.8 may ask you if you want to enroll your Mac after the download is complete.  Since we are using this for our iOS devices, click Cancel.

We now have the profiles we need to enroll iOS devices in Profile Manger.