9.6 Disabling the Use of Registration Rules

By default, the registration rules feature is enabled. This ensures that devices that register without a registration key are at least added to the correct folder, which is the /servers or /workstations folder, depending on the device type.

If you want to rely completely on registration keys, you can disable registration rules. You have two options when you disable registration rules:

  • Disable the default registration rules only: Any device that attempts to register without a registration key or that does not meet the criteria in a custom registration rule is rejected. The default registration rules are ignored.

  • Disable all registration rules: Any device that attempts to register without a registration key is rejected.

To disable registration rules:

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.

  2. In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Device Management, then click Registration to display the Registration page.

  3. In the Registration Rules panel, deselect one of the following options:

    Enable Use of Registration Rules: Disable this option to force devices to use a registration key when registering. Any devices that attempt to register without a key are rejected.

    Enable Use of Default Registration Rules: Disable this option to force devices to use a registration key or meet the criteria defined in a custom registration rule. Any devices that do not are rejected.

    Disable Use of Registration Keys sent by Managed Devices: Enable this option if you want the registration keys sent by the managed device to be considered by the server only when the device is being registered for the first time.

    During registration, if you configure the SendRegKeyOnEveryRefresh registry key on the agent, after every refresh, the agent will send the registration key in the initial-web-service file, and the group membership will be updated after every refresh. For more information, see the ZENworks 2017 Registry Keys Reference.

    The following table provides information about the behavior of this feature in various scenarios:

    ZENworks Control Center Setting - Disable Use of Registration Keys sent by Managed Devices

    Agent-side Registry Key - SendRegKeyOnEveryRefresh

    Behavior

    Enabled

    Enabled

    The group membership will be updated only when the device is registered for the first time.

    Enabled

    Disabled

    The group membership will be updated only when the device is registered for the first time.

    Disabled

    Enabled

    The group membership will be updated during a network connect or disconnect, when the device is registered for the first time, when the zac add-reg-key command is executed. and on every refresh.

    Disabled

    Disabled

    The group membership will be updated during a network connect or disconnect, the first time the device is registered, when the zac add-reg-key command is executed.

  4. Click OK to save the changes.