MobileFirst REST Services API to administer the runtime environments is not working as expected

Question

I am using MobileFirst Platform 6.3.0.00-20141218-1823

I tried to leverage some of the MobileFirst server's Rest Service administrator APIs like updating the device status for the devices associated in the MobileFirst server. As per IBM Knowledge Center,

A device can be marked as active, lost, stolen, disabled, or expired. Lost, stolen or disabled devices cannot access the server.

I am able to update the device status to LOST and then tried to access my mobile application, where it connects to MobileFirst server and retrieves data from it (contradicts with the information in Knowledge Center).

Are there any pre-requisites that should be configured in the MobileFirst Server to make this work as expected?

Answer 1

Yes, you need to configure a security realm, see User to Device Mapping and Control, and you need to modify server properties as described in Enabling the device access management features. The parent topic, Mobile Application Management, should help give you an overview of the whole process. Hope that helps.