Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management

Configuring a global HTTP proxy on iOS MDM devices

These settings apply to supervised devices.

To route the user's internet traffic, configure the iOS MDM device connect to the internet through a proxy server.

Be careful when configuring these settings. If the settings are incorrect, devices may lose their internet connection and will not synchronize with the iOS MDM Server. If this happens, you will have to add the devices again.

To configure global HTTP proxy settings on the user's iOS MDM device:

1. In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, select Assets (Devices) → Policies & profiles. In the list of group policies that opens, click the name of the policy that you want to configure.
2. In the policy properties window, select Application settings.
3. Select iOS and go to the Device configuration section.
4. On the Global HTTP proxy card, click Settings.

   The Global HTTP proxy window opens.

5. Enable the settings using the Global HTTP proxy toggle switch.
6. Select the type of global HTTP proxy configuration:
   • To specify the proxy server connection settings manually:
     1. In the Setting type section, select Manual.
     2. In the Proxy server address and Proxy server port fields, enter the name of a host or the IP address of a proxy server and the number of the proxy server port.
     3. In the User name field, set the user account name for authorization on the proxy server.
     4. In the Password field, set the user account password for authorization on the proxy server.
     5. To allow the user to access captive networks, select the Allow access to captive networks without connecting to proxy check box.
   • To configure the proxy server connection settings using a predefined PAC (Proxy Auto Configuration) file:
     1. In the Setting type section, select Automatic.
     2. In the PAC file URL field, enter the web address of the PAC file (for example: http://www.example.com/filename.pac).
     3. To allow the user to connect the mobile device to a wireless network without using a proxy server when the PAC file cannot be accessed, select the Allow direct connection if PAC file cannot be accessed check box.
     4. To allow the user to access captive networks, select the Allow access to captive networks without connecting to proxy check box.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Save to save the changes you have made.

As a result, the mobile device user will connect to the internet via a proxy server after the policy is applied.