i think i might have found something...  i tested this by setting the phoneHomeIntervalInSecs = 3600 so that it only pulls the updates every hour  and i found this REST call under REST API Reference Manual  and i tried to do so ...but the /reload does not seem to force the client to do phoneHome but i found another option in the response that i am able to use  <link href="/services/deployment/client/config" rel="list"/> <link href="/services/deployment/client/config" rel="edit"/> <link href="/services/deployment/client/config/reload" rel="reload"/> <link href="/services/deployment/client/config/sync" rel="sync"/> <content type="text/xml">   it is /sync  so i tried using  curl -k -u username:pass -X POST https://<IP>:8089/services/deployment/client/deployment-client/sync and it is helping me to have the client do phoneHome when i hit this url. it also pulled the app updates which i did.  This worked for me .  ... View more