General Configuration

This feature requires version 1.7 or above.

SCEPman can be connected to Jamf as External CA. Via SCEPman's static interface and a challenge password enrolled devices will be able to obtain certificates. In addition, Jamf acts as SCEP Proxy for configuration profiles. So, Jamf proxies the communication between SCEPman and your devices.

Enable Jamf Integration

Jamf integration of SCEPman can be easily enabled via the following app configurations:

Setting	Description	Example
AppConfig:JamfValidation:Enabled	Do you want to use SCEPman with Jamf?	true
AppConfig:JamfValidation:RequestPassword	Jamf authenticates its certificate requests at SCEPman with this secure password. Consider adding this as a secret in your SCEPman KeyVault.	max 32 character password
AppConfig:JamfValidation:ValidityPeriodDays (optional)	How many days shall certificates issued via Jamf be valid at most?	365

API Connection

SCEPman needs to be connected to the Jamf API to check the status of onboarded clients. This is used for the revocation of certificates. Please define the following app configuration parameters:

Setting	Description	Example
AppConfig:JamfValidation:URL	The URL of your Jamf instance	https://contoso.jamfcloud.com
AppConfig:JamfValidation:APIUsername	The user name of Jamf service account	svc-scepman (see screenshot)
AppConfig:JamfValidation:APIPassword	The password for the above account. Consider adding this as a secret in your SCEPman KeyVault.	password123 (see screenshot)

Therefore, please add an appropriate service account under "Jamf Pro User Accounts & Groups":

This account needs the following three read permissions under "Privileges" (section "Jamf Pro Server Objects"):

• Computers

• Mobile Devices

• Users

Jamf Pro's Classic API supports Bearer Authentication since version 10.35.0. There is a setting to disable the previous authentication method, Basic Authentication, since version 10.36.0. A future Jamf version scheduled for August-December 2022 will remove support for Basic Authentication. SCEPman 2.0 and lower support only Basic Authentication for the Classic API, while SCEPman 2.1 and higher uses Bearer Authentication. In order to use Bearer Authentication, you must upgrade to SCEPman 2.1 or higher.

External CA Connection

Open Jamf settings and choose "PKI Certificates" under "Global Management":

Switch to tab "Management Certificate Template", "External CA" and activate edit mode. Please enable Jamf as "SCEP Proxy for configuration profiles":

Please fill out the following fields and save the configuration:

Field	Description	Example/Value
URL	URL to SCEPman Do NOT Forget the /jamf at the end	https://scepman.contoso.com/jamf
Name	name of instance	SCEPman Contoso
Subject	entities following X.500 standard	O=Contoso
Challenge Type	challenge type for verification of certificate issuing	Static
(Verify) Challenge	pre-shared secret (challenge)	defined in SCEPman via AppConfig parameter
Key Size	key size in bits	2048
Use as digital signature		Yes (if needed)
Use for key encipherment		Yes (if needed)
Fingerprint	Thumbprint of SCEPman CA-Cert (SHA-1)	visible via SCEPman dashboard ("CA Thumbprint")

Signing Certificate

When using an external CA, Jamf requires that you add the CA certificate so Jamf can compare whether the certificates are correctly signed. However, Jamf only allows adding a CA certificate if you also add a signing certificate with a corresponding private key. Jamf uses this signing certificate to sign certificate requests that are sent to SCEPman. However, SCEPman does not evaluate the signature on requests and accepts even unsigned requests (e.g. from Intune), because the request validity stems solely from using the right request challenge password configured in Jamf.

Hence, you may use any certificate you like as the signing certificate, for example you can generate a self-signed certificate with the following PowerShell command:

$cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -Subject "CN=JAMF Signer Certificate for SCEPman" -CertStoreLocation "Cert:\CurrentUser\My" -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(10)
$pfxBytes = $cert.Export([System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ContentType]::Pfx, "password")
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes("c:\temp\jamf.pfx", $pfxBytes)

Then click on "Change Signing and CA Certificates" in the External CA configuration of Jamf

In the wizard, upload the PFX file with the signing certificate to Jamf when it asks for it (Note: Pkcs#12 and PFX are synonyms). In the next steps, enter the password for the PFX file and confirm the selection of the signing certificate. In the tab "Upload CA Certificate", you must upload the SCEPman CA certificate. You can obtain the SCEPman CA certificate by clicking on the link "Get CA Certificate" on the top right of the homepage of your SCEPman instance. Finally, confirm your changes.