Requirements for Using the Mobile Administrator Plug-in for a Project

Using the Mobile Administrator plug-in requires setup in both Mobile Administrator and in Mobile Designer.

For more detailed information on the steps below, see the webMethods Mobile Administrator User’s Guide.

Create a Mobile Administrator application that you will associate with your Mobile Designer project. You need one Mobile Administrator application for each Mobile Designer project.

Use an existing Mobile Administrator user account or define a new one, and assign the user account to the Mobile Administrator application.

Mobile Designer uses this user account when accessing Mobile Administrator to upload or remotely build the project.

Ensure the Mobile Administrator user account, at a minimum, has the following permissions for the Mobile Administrator application:

Mobile Designer requires these permissions so that it can request information, such as the last version of the application or a list of Mobile Administrator build configurations, and so that it can start build jobs.

Ensure the Mobile Administrator user account has the global Manage Site permission.

You can set this permission in Mobile Administrator on the Details tab for a user.

Mobile Designer requires this permission so that it can retrieve a list of certificates for the project.

Determine whether you want Mobile Designer to use an access token or basic authentication when using the Mobile Administrator user account to access Mobile Administrator.

Note:

It is recommended that you use an access token for authentication.

Generate an access token for the Mobile Administrator user account if you want to use an access token for authentication.

Set up Mobile Designer build nodes if you want to remotely build your project.

Create your Mobile Designer project or use an existing project.

Define Mobile Administrator plug-in properties for your Mobile Designer project. For instructions, see Distributing Applications Using webMethods Mobile Administrator .