Does iOS9 Support OTA Distribution of Enterprise apps?

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Created Oct ’15

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Hi there,

I'm having trouble getting our devices to download an enterprise app from our server. Using the following href, itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://www.mydomain.com/manifest.plist, once clicked I get the following error in a Safari/iOS alert box. "Cannot connect to www.mydomain.com."

Does anyone know if a malformed manifest file would produce this error? Or is it something happening before the manifest files is even read. Unfortunately I don't know if that error is being triggered when the manifest is accessed, or when the .ipa is. Either way the MIME types are set on both the .plist and .ipa file types on IIS, and everything is being served over SSL.

Any help would be great appreciated. This App was built with Phone Gap Build, and I can successful add it to iOS devices via Xcode's Device window using our Enterprise Distribution Certificate and Provisioning profile.

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Duncan C OP

Nov ’15

It is my understanding that there are lots of things that could cause the install to fail, including but not limited to, problems with the manifest file. You need to make sure that the site that hosts the manifest file, .ipa, and the other files is signed with a certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority. Self-signed certs will not work.

Also getting the certficates and things set up correctly for your ipa is rather involved and error-prone. You can use the Apple "Configurator" tool to test the ipa file and make sure it will install.

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