Certificates
Certificates add a layer of security and trust between devices. Below are some articles that discuss how various certificates are used within FileWave.
Root Trusted SSL Certificate (Using and Renewing)
Description To communicate with devices, a certificate is required. Our recommendation is for a ...
Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (Debian)
What This Knowledge Base (KB) article covers a Debian-focused shell script that automates Let's E...
Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (macOS)
What this script manages filewave-letsencrypt-macos.zsh automates Let’s Encrypt certificate setup...
APNs
MDM/DDM communication relies upon Apple's APNs cloud service.
Apple Push Notification Service
What Like to know a new message has been sent? Want to see how many messages are unread from the ...
APNs Certificate Creation & Renewal on macOS Computers (Keychain)
Description Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) requires an Apple Push Notification service (APN...
APNs Certificate Creation and Renewal on macOS with XCA
Description Apple device management requires an Apple Push Notification service (APNs) certificat...
APNs Certificate Creation & Renewal on Windows Computers
Description Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) requires an Apple Push Notification service (AP...
Self-signed SSL Certificates
Using Self-Signed Certificates with FileWave
Use a certificate issued by a publicly trusted certificate authority (CA) for production FileWave...
Renew FileWave Server Self-signed Certificate
Description For simplicity, we should recommend Renewing with an Official SSL certificate or Let...
Renew MDM self signed SSL certificate with iOS devices
Self Signed certificate renewal Renewing MDM self-signed certificate can be done if the current ...
Troubleshooting
Export a .p12 SSL Certificate from Windows
When the FileWave Server certificate and private key were created on Windows, export them as a pa...
Determine Correct Intermediates Bundle for SSL Certificate
Some SSL providers include multiple intermediate certificate bundles with your SSL certificate. Y...
Self Signed Certificate Error during iOS OTA Enrollment
This article shows how to resolve the certificate-trust error that can appear when you manually e...
SSL Server Certificates - iOS 13 and macOS 10.15
Apple have updated their requirements for certificates for their new operating system releases: ...