Configuring VPN on Android Devices

Description Setup VPN configurations on your device remotely. This will allow the device to access secured resources on the intranet of an organization.

Resource Path

URL

HTTP Method

Request/Response Format

cURL command

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer <EMM_API_TOKEN>" -d @'<JSON_PAYLOAD>' -k -v https://<EMM_HOST>:<EMM_HTTPS_PORT>/mdm-android-agent/operation/

For more information on how to generate the EMM API token, see Generating the OAuth 2.0 Access Token.
Define the path to the JSON file, which lists the devices that this operation is applied on, as the <JSON_PAYLOAD> value. For more information, see the Sample JSON Definition.
By default, <EMM_HOST> is localhost. However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified.
By default, <EMM_HTTPS_PORT> has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by n, the default port value needs to be incremented by n.

Example:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer e56974e8bf5df15748f89c6c5da9835d" -d @'operation.json' -k -v https://localhost:9443/mdm-android-agent/operation/

Sample output

Sample JSON Definition

Property Value	Description	Data Type