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Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utilities

by Scott McNulty Jul 10th 2008 at 8:50AM

Apple has just released a few tools that are going to make folks looking to deploy many iPhones at once very happy:

All three of these utilities allow you to create a configuration file that can be emailed or posted to a web site. This file, once loaded onto an iPhone, will configure a number of settings including, and I quote, 'device security policies, VPN configuration information, Wi-Fi settings, APN settings, Exchange account settings, mail settings, and certificates that permit iPhone and iPod touch to work with your enterprise systems.'

The iPhone Configuration Web Utility (for both Mac and Windows) simply let you create these config files (which are XML files) while the Mac only iPhone Config Utility lets you create config files, as well as access logs, and makes it possible to install apps on iPhones.

These apps are going to make any enterprise iPhone users happy, and best of all they are free.


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Todd

The deployment guide is up now:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf

July 10 2008 at 1:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

Thanks Apple and TUAW !

July 10 2008 at 11:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andre

OK, so I installed the web version, then the full client. Don't need both. Anyone know how to remove the web version? Thanks.

July 10 2008 at 11:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Todd

Not easily (hooray for non-simple uninstalls). You have to open the installer package, see what files were added, and reverse that. At the very least, if you open terminal you can run this to stop the service from starting. This is two lines that start with sudo, I put a line inbetween them:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.iPhoneConfigService.plist

sudo rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.iPhoneConfigService.plist

Now it won't start. To completely get rid of it you also want to remove the following directories:

/private/var/db/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/
/private/var/log/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/
/usr/local/iPhoneConfigService/

There's also a user it creates called _iphonewebconfigutil you can remove but I don't remember how to remove users off the top of my head

July 10 2008 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andre

Thank you! It is all gone.
To delete a user, I found this useful:
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/04/deleting_mac_os_x_users_remote.html

July 10 2008 at 1:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Todd

I've done some digging for the web interface. You can access it at http://localhost:3000/ and it asks for a username and password. Problem is when I look at the sqlite database in /var/db/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/ the users table is empty. so you must need to know some admin password to login. My adminstrator username for the computer didn't work

July 10 2008 at 9:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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An_asshole

u: admin
p: admin

That worked for me anyway.

July 10 2008 at 10:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Endaff Bowen

u: admin
p: admin

July 10 2008 at 11:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NetMage

Really? Mind telling me the URL where your going to post your WEP key in an XML file?

I don't see a good, secure way to wirelessly use this to deploy WiFi certificates or keys.

July 10 2008 at 9:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Topslakr

I installed the Mac version and it put an app in my Utilities folder. Andre, I'm guessing you installed the web version? Looks like a great utility, this will make my life easy. Configuring Treos remotely is a much much more horrible experience.

July 10 2008 at 9:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan Worrell

Finally! No longer having to type in 40+ character wep keys :-)

July 10 2008 at 9:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BB1219

There is suppose to be a deployment guide that tells you how to use it but it is not available yet.

July 10 2008 at 9:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
asiftr

Why a version for Mac and another for Mac OS X?

July 10 2008 at 9:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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ramii

BC one is a web based config utility. One is Mac Native.

July 10 2008 at 9:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David B Turetsky

That is just what my IT folks need to make their lives easier for the 3G deployment. THANK YOU APPLE!!!!

July 10 2008 at 9:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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