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Enhance MDM command payload encoding instructions (#34722)

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Added instructions for base64 encoding MDM command payloads in Terminal
and PowerShell.
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Brock Walters
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@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ To deliver the MDM command payload with `fleetctl`, use something like the follo
For targeting multiple hosts, the `--hosts` option can be populated with comma-separated values.
To prepare the MDM command payload for execution in a Fleet API call, it must be base64-encoded. This is true for both Apple and Windows MDM command payloads. E.g., to encode the `.plist` in Terminal:
To prepare the MDM command payload for execution in a Fleet API call, it must be base64-encoded. This is true for both Apple and Windows MDM command payloads.
E.g.,
to `base64` encode a `.plist` in Terminal:
```
% echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
@@ -149,7 +153,15 @@ To prepare the MDM command payload for execution in a Fleet API call, it must be
PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlSomeMorebase64blahblahblah...
```
Then, to deliver the MDM command payload via the Fleet API, use a command that conforms to the `curl` example below. (This can be achieved with any programmatic solution, e.g., python `requests` or `urllib.request`).
to `base64` encode an `.xml` in PowerShell:
```
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\Users\username\Desktop\
PS C:\Users\username\Desktop> [Convert]::ToBase64String((Get-Content -path "file.xml" -Encoding byte))
cG9vcXblahblahblah...
```
To deliver the MDM command payload via the Fleet API, use a command that conforms to the `curl` example below. (This can be achieved with any programmatic solution, e.g., python `requests` or `urllib.request`).
```
% fleet_key='yourfleetAPItoken'