A key feature of datajar.mobi is the Auto-Update framework, our unique approach to automated software delivery. Auto-Update ensures applications across all your Apple devices are up-to-date and protected against threats, meaning we can provide enterprise class services to organisations of any size. With Auto-Update we can successfully deliver automated installations, updates and uninstallation for a catalogue of more than 700 software titles.
Our datajar.mobi accelerator, is included with a datajar.mobi subscription and is recommended for all deployments. Our accelerator improves network performance and user experience when deploying large software titles. We supply our appliance as a lightweight, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, CIS hardened VMware or Hyper-V image.
Resource requirements
The following resources should be assigned at the point of deployment:
CPU: 2 x vCPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 520 GB
Network requirements
Please ensure the following information is provided to your implementation engineer:
- Fully Qualified Hostname:
- Static IP address:
- Subnet:
- Gateway:
- DNS:
- Search Domain(s):
- WAN IP range used on site/s:
Please ensure the following items are configured:
- DNS forward ("A") record created, from the fully qualified hostname to the static IP address.
In order for the appliance to be monitored, be kept up-to-date, and to serve content, please ensure following network reachability from your network infrastructure.
IMPORTANT: We do not support proxies, or certificate inspection and this should be disabled for traffic originating from the datajar.mobi Accelerator.
| Source | Direction | Destination | Protocol/Port |
Customer Network |
Outbound |
* |
443 (tcp) |
Customer Network |
Outbound |
* |
80 (tcp) |
Customer Network |
Outbound |
* |
|
Client Devices |
Inbound |
Local Accelerator Appliance address/es |
|
Port 80 is used to download catalog files from *.datajar.mobi, as well as *.ubuntu.com for OS updates.
Port 443 is also used to download content from *.datajar.mobi, as well as to post status for the accelerator for our Auto-Update service. Also, for connectivity to *.apple.com for updates (as well as the additional domains mentioned within Apple Device Network Requirements).
Security and Compliance
datajar.mobi accelerators are based on Ubuntu with Expanded Security Maintenance for Infrastructure (esm-infra) and automatically install security updates released to address known CVEs in alignment with https://ubuntu.com/security/cves. Accelerators check for updates daily and install any available updates from Security origins. If required, accelerators will restart at 7pm.
Accelerators are proactively monitored and managed by Ubuntu Landscape (which includes alerting for issues around checking for/installing security updates). Reports showing current patching compliance against known CVEs are available upon request via a Service Request to dataJAR.
If you need any further details or specific information about your datajar.mobi accelerator, please raise a Service Request with the team!
If you require assistance with the following article, please e-mail support@datajar.co.uk