Hardware reference guide
72 GlobalProtect Administrator’s Guide
Set Up the Mobile Security Manager for Device Management Set Up the GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager
Step 6 Obtain a key and sender ID for the
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service.
The GCM key and sender ID are required
for the Mobile Security Manager to send
push notifications to the Android devices
it manages.
1. Open a new browser window and navigate to the Google APIs
console at the following URL:
https://cloud.google.com/console
2. Click
CREATE PROJECT. The New Project page displays.
3. Enter a
Project name and a Project ID and then click Create. If
this is your first project, you must Accept the Terms of APIs
Service before you can create the project.
4. Select
APIs & auth from the menu on the left side of the page.
5. On the APIs page, scroll down to
Google Cloud Messaging for
Android
and toggle the setting to ON.
6. Select
Credentials from the APIs & auth menu on the left.
7. In the
Public API access section of the page, click CREATE
NEW KEY
.
8. On the Create a new key dialog, click
Server key.
9. In the
Accept requests from these server IP addresses text
box, enter the IP address of the Mobile Security Manager’s
device check-in interface and then click
Create. The new API
key
will display This is the key that identifies your Mobile
Security Manager application. You will need this key to
configure push notifications on the Mobile Security Manager.
10. To get your sender ID, select
Overview from the menu on the
left side of the screen. The sender ID is also displayed as the
Project Number. You will need this ID to configure push
notifications on the Mobile Security Manager.
Step 7 Configure the push notification settings
on the Mobile Security Manager.
1. Select
Setup > Settings > Server and then click the Edit icon
in the Push Notification Settings section.
2. To enable push notifications for iOS devices, select the
iOS
APNs Certificate
you generated in Step 5.
3. To enable GCM push notifications, select the
Google Cloud
Messaging
check box and then enter the Android GCM API Key
and
Android GCM Sender ID you obtained in Step 6
4. Click
OK to save the settings.
Step 8 Save the configuration. Click
Commit.
Set Up the Mobile Security Manager for Device Check-In (Continued)