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FileWave - iOS Configuration Guide

Note

We support iOS 13.1 and higher.

To get your organization ID and name

  1. Sign in to your Apple School Manager account with your Administrator credentials.

  2. Click your name in the bottom left of the sidebar.

  3. Go to Preferences > Enrollment Information.

  4. The Organization ID is numeric and can be found in the Organization Info section. Your Organization Name is the name of your admin account; for example, admin@blocksicloud.net. (The name appears above the Organization ID.)

  5. Send this information to Blocksi and we will add your organization to the approved list of customers who can use our filtering app.

To enable custom apps

  1. Sign in to your Apple School Manager account with your Administrator credentials.

  2. Click your name in the bottom left of the sidebar.

  3. Click Preferences at the bottom of the sidebar.

  4. Click Enrollment Information.

  5. Scroll down to the Customer Apps section.

  6. Click Enable in the Custom Apps row.

To configure volume purchasing

  1. Click License Management in the Main Menu.

  2. Click Synchronize VPP.

To add the Blocksi Mobile Device App to FileWave

  1. Click Filesets in the Main Menu, and expand iOS Apps - Paid & One-Off’s.

  2. Locate Blocksi for iPad, and right-click and select Create Associations.

  3. In the Create New Association(s) window, select the organizational units.

  4. Click Create Associations.

  5. Click Blocksi for iPad, and select the Remove App when MDM profile is removed checkbox.

  6. Click the Kiosk tab, scroll down and click Important in the Category section, and click OK.

  7. Click Update Model in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

  8. Click Update Model in the Update Server Model window.

  9. Right-click Blocksi for iPad and select Show All Associations of this Fileset.

  10. Select each association and select the Kiosk Association checkbox in the Edit Association window.

  11. Click Update Model in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

  12. Click Update Model in the Update Server Model window.

To create the configuration profile

  1. Go back to Filesets in the Main Menu, and right-click Blocksi for iPad.

  2. Select Properties, click the Configuration tab, and type organizationId in the first Key column field.

  3. Select String from the first Type drop-down list, and type the company email address registered on the Blocksi Admin Dashboard in the first Value column field.

  4. Type adminPassword in the next Key column field.

  5. Select String from the next Type drop-down list, and type your password in the next Value column field.

    Note

    The adminPassword key is for use on the iOS device to access detailed settings.

  6. Type ttl in the next Key column field.

  7. Select String from the next Type drop-down list, and type 60 in the next Value column field.

  8. Type userAuthEnabled in the next Key column field.

  9. Select String from the next Type drop-down list, and type false in the next Value column field.

  10. Click Update Model in the upper left corner of the screen.

  11. Click Update Model in the Update Server Model window.

To create the mobile fileset

  1. Go back to Filesets in the Main Menu.

  2. Click New Mobile Fileset.

  3. Click Profile.

  4. Name the profile Blocksi Policy.

  5. Search for DNS Proxy, and select Configure.

  6. Type com.blocksi.dnsproxy for the App Bundle ID.

  7. Type com.blocksi.dnsproxy.ext. for the Provider Bundle ID.

  8. Associate that fileset with the device or devices.

  9. Click Update Model.

To create the filtering policy, please see Configuring the iOS Filtering Policy on the BMEE Admin Dashboard.Configuring the iOS Filtering Policy on the BMEE Admin Dashboard