Required Jamf Pro Account Permissions

Important:The Jamf Pro account requires full admin access and Administrator privileges in Jamf Pro Account settings. If not provided, then the Jamf Pro integration with App Portal results in a 401 unauthorized error.

In order for App Portal to be successfully integrated with Jamf Pro, your Jamf Pro account needs to have a specific set of minimum permissions. To define permissions on your Jamf Pro account, perform the following steps:

To set required permissions on your Jamf Pro account:

1. Launch Jamf Pro and login using your Jamf Pro account.
2. On the Jamf Pro home page, click the Settings “gear” icon at the top right:

The System Settings tab opens.

3. Click Jamf Pro User Accounts & Groups. The Jamf Pro User Accounts & Groups page opens.
4. Click on the name of your Jamf Pro account. The Account tab of the account settings page opens.
5. Make sure that Privilege Set is set to Administrator and that Access Status is set to Enabled.

Note:In some versions of Jamf Pro, the Access Status field may be named Access Level. If so, set Access Level to Full Access.

Important:If your Jamf Pro system account does not have Administrator privileges, then App Portal will be unable to integrate with Jamf Pro.

6. Open the Privileges tab. The Jamf Pro Server Objects subtab of the Privileges tab opens.
7. On the Jamf Pro Server Objects subtab, click Edit and make sure that the following permissions are selected:

Object

Permission

Categories

Create (optional)

Read

Update (optional)

Computers

Read

File Share Distribution Points

Read

Packages

Read

Policies

Create

Read

Update

Static Computer Group

Create

Read

Update

The table below lists the minimum permissions required for the user account in Jamf Pro to integrate with or execute different functionalities within App Portal / App Broker.

Action

Purpose

Permission

Test Button

Check existence of category, policy template, and computer group template

READ Categories, READ Policies, READ Static Computer Groups (OPTIONAL: CREATE Categories to create category if category does not already exist)

Data Sync

Retrieve device information and user associations

READ Computers

Software Deployment

Allow creation of software catalog items for Mac devices and automatic delivery of that software upon request

READ Categories, READ Computers, READ File Share Distribution Points, READ Packages, CREATE/READ/UPDATE Policies, CREATE/READ/UPDATE Static Computer Groups

8. When you are finished selecting permissions, click Save.
9. Open the Jamf Pro Server Settings subtab.
10. Click Edit and make sure that Read is selected for Activation Code.
11. When you are finished selecting permissions, click Save.

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