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Create push initiators for push applications

Push initiators specify which server-side push applications are authenticated and permitted to send push requests to applications on BlackBerry devices. For push initiators to work, you must turn on push authentication for the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service. You can configure several server-side push applications to use the same push initiator (that is, to use the same authorization password) if your organization's development environment permits it. Verify that the authorization HTTP header in push requests from server-side push applications matches the name and password that you specify for the push initiator.

Before you begin: Turn on push authentication for the appropriate instances of the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service.

In the BlackBerry Administration Service, in the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view.
Click MDS Connection Service.
Click Edit component.
On the Push initiators tab, in the Name field, type the name of the server-side application that you want to permit to send push requests to BlackBerry devices.
In the Credentials field, type the password for the server-side push application.
Click the Add icon.
Click Save all.

After you finish: Create a push initiator for each server-side push application that you want to permit to send push requests to BlackBerry devices. To specify which users can receive push requests from authenticated push applications, turn on push authorization and create push rules.