use the same authorization password) if your organization's development environment permits it. Verify that the
authorization HTTP header in push requests from server-side push applications matches the name and password that you
specify for the push initiator.
Before you begin:
Turn on push authentication for the appropriate instances of the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service.
1.
In the BlackBerry Administration Service, in the
Servers and components
menu, expand
BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view
.
2.
Click
MDS Connection Service
.
3.
Click
Edit component
.
4.
On the
Push initiators
tab, in the
Name
field, type the name of the server-side application that you want to permit to
send push requests to BlackBerry devices.
5.
In the
Credentials
field, type the password for the server-side push application.
6.
Click the
Add
icon.
7.
Click
Save all
.
After you finish:
Create a push initiator for each server-side push application that you want to permit to send push requests
to BlackBerry devices. To specify which users can receive push requests from authenticated push applications, turn on
push authorization and create push rules.
Turn on push authorization
If you turned on push authentication and created push initiators to specify which push applications can send push
requests, you can create push rules to specify which users are permitted to receive authenticated push requests. The
BlackBerry MDS Connection Service can apply push rules only if you turn on push authorization for the BlackBerry MDS
Connection Service.
Before you begin:
• Turn on push authentication.
• Create push initiators to authenticate specific push applications.
1.
In the BlackBerry Administration Service, in the
Servers and components
menu, expand
BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > MDS Connection Service
.
2.
Click the instance that you want to change.
3.
Click
Edit instance
.
4.
In the
Access control
section, in the
Push authorization
drop-down list, click
Yes
.
5.
Click
Save all
.
After you finish:
Create a push rule.
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