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Chapter 2 Creating and Deploying Configuration Profiles 31
The sidebar also displays Connected Devices, which shows information about the iPhone
or iPod touch currently connected to your computer’s USB port. Information about a
connected device is automatically added to the Devices list, so you can view it again
without having to reconnect the device. After a device has been connected, you can
also encrypt profiles for use on only that device.
When a device is connected, you can use iPhone Configuration Utility to install
configuration profiles and applications on the device. See “Installing Configuration
Profiles Using iPhone Configuration Utility” on page 41,“Installing Applications Using
iPhone Configuration Utility” on page 66 and “Installing Provisioning Profiles Using
iPhone Configuration Utility” on page 65 for details.
When a device is connected, you can also view console logs and any available crash
logs. These are the same device logs that are available for viewing within the Xcode
development environment on Mac OS X.
Creating Configuration Profiles
This document uses the terms configuration profile and payload. A configuration profile
is the whole file that configures certain (single or multiple) settings for iPhone or
iPod touch. A payload is an individual collection of a certain type of settings, such as
VPN settings, within the configuration profile.
Although you can create a single configuration profile that contains all of the payloads
you need for your organization, consider creating one profile for certificates and
another one (or more) for other settings so you can update and distribute each type of
information separately. This also allows users to retain the certificates they’ve already
installed when installing a new profile that contains VPN or account settings.
Many of the payloads allow you to specify user names and passwords. If you omit this
information, the profile can be used by multiple users, but the user will be asked to
enter the missing information when the profile is installed. If you do personalize the
profile for each user, and include passwords, you should distribute the profile in
encrypted format to protect its contents. For more information see “Installing
Configuration Profiles” on page 41
To create a new configuration profile, click the New button in the toolbar of iPhone
Configuration Utility. You add payloads to the profile using the payloads list. Then, you
edit the payloads by entering and selecting options that appear in the editing pane.
Required fields are marked with a red arrow. For some settings such as W-Fi, you can
click the Add (+) button to add configurations. To remove a configuration, click the
Delete (–) button in the editing pane.
To edit a payload, select the appropriate item in the payloads list, then click the
Configure button, and fill in the information you see onscreen as described below.