Configuring Push Notifications for Mobile
Enable notifications to be sent to mobile users about Connections events.
Before you begin
Important: The following ports must be open on
each node in the cluster where the Mobile application is installed:
- Android
- Port 443 (HTTPS only)
- iOS
- Ports 2195 and 2196
About this task
The Push Notifications service sends information from
the Connections server to a user's mobile device when the following
events occur:
- The user is invited to join a community.
- The user is invited to join a person's network.
- A task is assigned to the user.
- A comment is added to content that the user owns.
- A synced file is modified on the server and updated on the user's mobile device.
To enable and configure Push Notifications, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Check out the mobile-config.xml file for editing. For more information about checking out the file, see the Changing Mobile configuration property values topic.
- Open the mobile-config.xml file in a text editor.
- To enable Push Notifications, specify true for the Push enabled property.
- Specify values for the remaining Push Notifications properties, based on the requirements of your organization. For more information, see the section about Push Notifications properties in the Mobile configuration properties topic.
- Save and check in the mobile-config.xml file.