Bootstrapping Overview

Workcloud Communication Provisioning Manager Customer Administrator Guide

The Provisioning Manager provides one of several ways to configure Zebra clients.

Configuration Overview Chart
Application to Configure	Manual	File	Profile Manager	AppConfig	Extension Manager	Provisioning Manager (bootstrap)
Zebra Voice	Yes	XML	Yes (Using Profile Client)		Yes	Yes
Zebra PTT Pro (Android)	Yes	JSON	Yes (Using Profile Client)			Yes
Zebra PTT Pro (iOS)	Yes			Yes		Yes
Zebra PTT Pro (Dispatch)	Yes
Zebra Profile Client	Yes	JSON				Yes

The initial client version supporting bootstrapping, as indicated in the following table:

Initial Bootstrapping Support Version
Application	Version
Zebra Voice	9.0.20207
PTT Pro Android	3.3.10107
Profile Client	2.0.20207
Zebra PTT Pro (iOS)	1.0.11078

The Provisioning Manager supports a method of configuration called bootstrapping, which consists of creating a segment of configuration data (the bootstrap) and associating it with a token. When a device uses a token associated with a bootstrap, the device loads the configuration data contained in the bootstrap, as illustrated in the following diagram:

As shown in the Initial Bootstrapping Support Version table, the Provisioning Manager currently supports the configuration of the Zebra Voice, PTT Pro Android, PTT Pro iOS, and Profile Clients.

Configuring bootstraps and tokens can help the customer to achieve specific configuration objectives without loading files on the device.

The bootstraps are useful in the following scenarios:

Associate a device with the customer to activate a Zebra Voice license.

The Direct Access Token provided in the Welcome email addresses this objective.

Configure the Zebra Voice client to access the Extension Manager using the

var_location

parameter.

The Extension Manager Token provided in the Welcome email (if the customer is entitled to the Extension Manager) addresses this objective. For more information about configuring the Zebra Voice client to access the Extension Manager, refer to the Zebra Voice Client PBX Administrator Guides.

Configure the Zebra Profile Client to access the Profile Manager using the

sfs_url

parameter. After the Profile Client connects to the Profile Manager, it assists in profile selection and configuring the Zebra Voice and/or PTT Pro clients.

For more information, refer to the Zebra Profile Manager Administrator Guide.

Replace XML or JSON configuration files. Instead of deploying an XML or JSON configuration file on the devices, a bootstrap and associated token can import the contents of the files.

XML must be converted to JSON before being used in the Provisioning Manager.