Create a push initiator for a push application
A push initiator specifies which server-side push application is authenticated and allowed to send push requests to
applications on BlackBerry® devices when you have push authentication turned on for the BlackBerry MDS Connection
Service. Depending on your development environment, you can configure multiple server-side push applications to use the
same push initiator (that is, to use the same push principal name and password).
1.
In the BlackBerry Manager, click the Home tab.
2.
Click Edit Global Properties.
3.
In the left pane, click Access Control.
4.
Double-click Push Initiators.
5.
Click New.
6.
Double-click Push Principal Name.
7.
Type the name of the server-side application that you want to allow to send push requests to BlackBerry devices.
8.
Double-click Credentials.
9.
Type the password for the server-side push application.
Make sure that the value of the authorization HTTP header in a push request from a server-side push application matches
the push principal name and password that you specified for the push initiator.
10. Click Apply.
11. Next, you create a push initiator for each server-side push application that you want to allow to send push requests to
BlackBerry devices. If you want to restrict which users can receive push requests from authenticated push applications,
turn on push authorization.
Turn on push authorization
After you turn on push authentication and create push initiators to specify which push applications can send push requests,
you can create pull rules to specify which users are allowed to receive push requests. Turn on push authorization for the
BlackBerry® MDS Connection Service to allow the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to apply the push rules that you
create.
1.
In the BlackBerry Manager, click the Connection Service tab.
2.
Click Edit Connection Service Properties.
3.
In the left pane, click Access Control.
4.
Click Push Authorization.
5.
In the drop-down list, click True.
6.
Click Apply.
7.
Next, you create a push rule.
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