Apple Push Notifications
Configure Apple push notifications for the selected application.
Context
You can configure push for your production environment or a development and testing environment, using the default host and port values; or you can configure push using custom host and port values. You must provide the certificate file and password for push notification security.
Procedure
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In Management Cockpit, select
Applications
Configure
Push
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Under Apple, indicate the APNS Endpoint. The endpoints
identify the host and port values for the APNS notification and feedback
services.
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None ‒ the default endpoint value for all the applications.
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Sandbox ‒ accept the default APNS endpoint values for the testing and development environment.
Table 3: Default Sandbox APNS Settings Setting
Value
Notification Service Host:
gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com
Notification Service Port:
2195
Feedback Service Host:
feedback.sandbox.push.apple.com
Feedback Service Port:
2196
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Production ‒ accept the default APNS endpoint values for the production environment.
Table 4: Default Production APNS Settings Setting
Value
Notification Service Host:
gateway.push.apple.com
Notification Service Port:
2195
Feedback Service Host:
feedback.push.apple.com
Feedback Service Port:
2196
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Custom ‒ provide your own custom APNS endpoint values. The entries must conform to the guidelines.
Table 5: Custom APNS Setting
Provide Custom APNS Endpoint Values
Notification Service Host:
Notification Service Port:
Feedback Service Host:
Feedback Service Port:
Guidelines for creating a custom APNS:-
The maximum length of Notification Service Host and Feedback Service Host is 253 characters. Additional characters are truncated.
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The format of Notification Service Host and Feedback Service Host should follow one of these:
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The string can only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), and dot (.) characters; should start and end with alphanumeric characters; and only alphanumeric characters are allowed before and after the dot. For example: my-server-name01.my-company.com.
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The string should match the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) format. For example: 192.168.1.100.
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The Notification Service Port and Feedback Service Port should be between 0 and 65535.
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Provide the certificate file and password to use for push notifications.
- Click Browse to navigate to the certificate file.
- Select the file, and click Open.
- Enter a valid password.
- (Optional) Configure push notifications for other applications.