Administration Guide

Configuring the BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment

Configure a BlackBerry Enterprise Server component to authenticate to a proxy server on behalf of BlackBerry devices

You can configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service and the BlackBerry Collaboration Service to authenticate to a proxy server on behalf of BlackBerry devices.

Before you begin: If you want to configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to authenticate to a proxy server on behalf of BlackBerry devices, turn on authentication support for 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.Expand the appropriate BlackBerry Enterprise Server component.

3.Click the instance that you want to change.

4.Click Edit instance.

5.On the Proxy mappings tab, click the Edit button for a web address.

6.In the Credentials section, in the User name field, type the user name that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server component can use to connect to the proxy server that is defined for the web address.

7.In the Password and Confirm password fields, type the password for the user name.

8.Click the Add icon.

9.Click Save all.

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Configuring the BlackBerry Administration Service to use a proxy server

If you want to allow the BlackBerry Administration Service to automatically download device.xml files, vendor.xml files, and information about BlackBerry Device Software bundles from the BlackBerry Infrastructure, and your organization uses a proxy server, you must configure the BlackBerry Administration Service to select and authenticate (if necessary) with the proxy server.

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