1Y0-371 · Question #142
A Citrix Engineer, in the process of configuring XenMobile, launches the XenMobile Console for the first time and is presented with the wizard to continue the configuration. Which two options could…
The correct answer is A. LDAP service account C. Apple Push Notification service (APNs) certificate upload. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A Citrix Engineer, in the process of configuring XenMobile, launches the XenMobile Console for the first time and is presented with the wizard to continue the configuration. Which two options could the engineer configure at this stage of the installation? (Choose two.)
Options
- ALDAP service account
- BDatabase type
- CApple Push Notification service (APNs) certificate upload
- DXenMobile Cluster configuration
- EPrimary DNS server
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A78% (32)
- B2% (1)
- D12% (5)
- E7% (3)
Community Discussion
8The correct answers are A and C. When you first launch the XenMobile Console after installation, the setup wizard walks you through a specific set of configuration steps, and two of those are connecting to your LDAP service account (so XenMobile can authenticate against your directory) and uploading your APNs certificate (which is required before you can manage any iOS devices). The database type (B) is configured earlier, during the server installation phase before the console ever loads, not inside the wizard itself. DNS settings (E) and cluster configuration (D) are handled at the infrastructure or network level well before you get to the XenMobile Console wizard, so they are not part of what this wizard offers you. If you are prepping for 1Y0-371, keep the sequence straight: database and network before install, LDAP and APNs inside the console wizard.
The APNs point is solid, but worth flagging that the wizard also prompts for your server certificate and notification settings before it lets you touch APNs, so candidates should not expect APNs to be the very first screen they see.
A and C are right, the wizard prompts for LDAP and APNs right out of the gate.
That tracks for the on-prem flow, though worth flagging for the exam that in a Citrix Cloud resource location the LDAP piece is handled through the Cloud Connector's AD connectivity rather than a direct LDAP bind in the wizard, so if the question stem mentions DaaS or Citrix Cloud, the answer logic shifts a bit.
Saw this Q on my beta exam, tripped on B but LDAP and APNs are the wizard staples per the XenMobile install guide.
LDAP you expect, but do not sleep on the certificate authority config in that wizard since a missing or mismatched CA chain there will silently kill APNs enrollment before you even get to the LDAP bind test.
The XenMobile post-install wizard is specifically designed to collect the identity and mobile push pieces that cannot be pre-staged, so LDAP service account and APNs certificate upload fit that window perfectly, while things like database type and DNS are handled during the initial appliance setup before you ever see the console. Have you worked through a fresh XenMobile deployment where you had to stage the APNs cert ahead of time, and do you understand why that cert has to come from the Apple developer portal tied to your MDM vendor account rather than your internal PKI?
The APNs cert point is solid, though worth flagging that it comes from Apple Push Certificates Portal tied to your MDM vendor-supplied CSR, not the Apple developer portal directly, since conflating those two has burned more than a few admins on renewal day.