Configure a Per-App VPN for iOS
Log in to the AirWatch MDM Portal
Login to the admin portal of AirWatch MDM to push the VPN profile to your iPhone profile.
You will be logged in to the admin portal of AirWatch.
**Before you proceed further, please make sure to integrate your respective PKI infrastructure with AirWatch for managing your device certificate(s).
Adding a Device Certificate and server certificate in the device through MDM.
Go to Devices → Profiles → Add → Add Profile → Apple iOS
Give a name to 'General' and fill up respective fields.
Select 'Deployment' type
- Managed: To automatically download those profiles in the device.
- Manual: To manually download this profile in the device. To download manually , user will get a notification in the 'Hub' app and clicking on this notification will redirect to messages screen of the app. From that screen user can select any of the messages and download the profiles which are available.
Now select a profile, 'Credentials' to add device certificate and server certificate to your device.You can add multiple certificates in a single profile. Click on the (+) button to add or (-) to delete.
Add a VPN profile to the Device
Go to Devices → Profiles → Add → Add Profile → Apple iOS
Give a name to 'General' and fill up respective fields.
Select a profile of ' VPN' and click on 'Configure '. These are the configurations need to setup for VPN profile
Connection Info
| Fields | Values |
|---|---|
| Connection Name* | VPN Configuration |
| Connection Type* | IKEv2 |
| Always On | False (Make it false, otherwise device will be in supervised mode) |
| Server* |
c<customer ID>.mcs.skyhigh.cloud The following information is required to configure an MCS app in the MDM of your choice. VPN gateway address: c<customer ID>.mcs.skyhigh.cloud |
| Local Identifier* |
Client_Key1 (This string is CN(Common Name) and SAN-(Subject Alternate Name) of client certificate |
| Remote Identifier* |
vpn.skyhigh.cloud (This string is CN(Common Name) and SAN-(Subject Alternate Name) of server certificate |
| Machine Authentication |
Certificate (select 'certificate' here) |
| Credential |
Certificate #1 (if there is no certificate, please follow #3.1 Step ) |
| Server Certificate Issuer Common Name |
VPN Server Root CA (This string is CN-Common Name of server root certificate) |
| Server Certificate Common Name |
vpn.skyhigh.cloud (This string is CN-Common Name of server root certificate) |
| Enable EAP | True |
| EAP Authentication |
Certificate (select 'certificate' here) |
| TLS Minimum Version iOS 11 | OS Default |
| TLS Maximum Version iOS 11 | OS Default |
| Credential |
Certificate #1 (Select the same 'Certificate' which added in 'Credentials') |
| Dead Peer Detection Interval | Every 10 minutes |
| SA Parameters IKE2 & Child |
Encryption Algorithm AES-256 Integrity Algorithm SHA2-256 Diffie Hellman Group 2 Lifetime in minutes 1440 |
Add Your Credentials
Select 'Credentials' from the same profile. (you may have to scroll down the menu on the right)
Click on 'Configure' to add new credentials.
Add your Device certificate file here.
Save and Publish
Click on 'Save and Publish' to save the profile.
Now click on 'Publish' to publish the profile.
Respective devices will get updated with the published profile.
To see this VPN Profile in your iOS device, go to Settings→VPN→PER-APP VPN here your PER-APP and the VPN Profile will be visible.
Push an App to use the Profile
VPN Profile of Per-App VPN is created. Now we will push an Application that will use this VPN Configuration.
Go to APPS & BOOKS → Applications → Native → Select 'Public' tab → Add Application
Select following options-
Platform Apple iOS
Source SEARCH APP STORE
Name (app will be searched in app store and would be installed in the iOS device) Flipkart
Click on 'Next' to search in App Store
Click on the 'Select' button for the application you want to continue with.
Click on 'SAVE & ASSIGN'
Add Assignments
Select Assignments tab and click on 'ADD ASSIGNMENT'
Select respective settings to Add Assignments
Select Assignment Groups All Corporate Shared Devices
Select Application Delivery Method
App Delivery Method:
AUTO - App will be automatically installed in the device, no need to install the app from App store explicitly.
ON DEMAND- App needs to be installed manually from the notification of iOS 'HUB' application.
Managed Access: ENABLED
Remove On Unenroll: ENABLED
Prevent Application Backup: ENABLED
Make App MDM Managed if User Installed: ENABLED
App Tunneling: ENABLED
Per-App VPN Profile (Select the VPN Profile you have recently created in Resource section): VPN_APPLE
Application Configuration: DISABLED
Click on 'Add' to add the profile.
Save and Publish the Profile
Click on 'SAVE & PUBLISH' to publish the profile. And then click on 'PUBLISH' to publish the profile.
After publish, list will look like this.
Now one notification will be fired in the iOS Device. Click on the 'Install' button in that notification to automatically install the Application. Else you can go to App Store and install the application in your iOS Device.