Tag: munki
Munki is a set of tools used by OS X administrators to manage software installs on OS X client machines.
Advanced Mac Software Deployment and Configuration
Practical Approaches for Identifying and Fixing Issues by Tim Sutton, Concordia University Most of us are in the business of helping people in organizations use computers to get their work done. Computers are nothing without the software they run, and so it follows that many of us are also in the business of managing desktop […]
Munki URLs: Amsys Seminar
I love that logo! Hi all, for those that came to the seminar for Munki! As promised, please find below the URLs shown as part of the presentation: Adobe Flash Release History Munki Munki Admin Munki Web Admin Munki Report PHP Sal Simian AutoPKG AutoPKGr Amsys Training Amsys Consultancy Amsys Blogs Munki-Dev Mailing List Munki-Discuss […]
An Intro to Munki – Amsys Meetup
Join us for a talk on Munki, the open source deployment software for Mac OS X. If you’re researching Mac deployment solutions for your organisation and want to learn more about Munki and the kind of benefits it can deliver, then attend this free event on the 13th August in London. The talk will be […]
The dreaded D word – Documentation (Part 2)
I’m back with part 2 of my thoughts and experiences on technical Documentation. This time, I’ll be looking the types of documentation, and a few tips I’ve picked up. Types The first point you will likely find is that there are many types of documentation. Procedural Procedural is probably the first method of documentation most […]
Munki 2: Upgrading Your Munki Repo Content
Hi all. Welcome to the fourth part in my Munki 2 blogs: The on-going guide to get Munki newbies up and running with a basic setup to cut your teeth on! This blog is designed as an add on to the earlier articles enabling you to take your plain default Munki 1 content and snazz […]
Munki 2: Upgrading Your Clients and Using Munki Admin
Hi all. Welcome to the third part in my Munki 2 blogs: The on-going guide to get Munki newbies up and running with a basic setup to cut your teeth on! This blog is designed as an ‘updater’ blog to my previous two Munki blogs: “Munki Configuration Part 4: MunkiAdmin.app and “Munki Configuration Part 5: […]
Munki 2: What’s New in Munki 2.1 and 2.2
Hi all. Well, since we published my intro to Munki 2 blog, Greg has continued his forward march and released two full versions since! This blog will give a rough overview of the shiny new features in these releases! So, Munki 2.1? Munki 2.1 was released on 16th December 2014 with 2 main new features […]
Munki 2: Upgrading Your Munki Repo and Administration Mac
Hi all. Welcome to the second part in my Munki 2 blogs: The on-going guide to get Munki newbies up and running with a basic setup to cut your teeth on! This blog is designed as an ‘updater’ blog to my previous two Munki blogs: “Configuring Munki for a Mac Server” and “Munki Configuration Part […]
Deploy a Firefox CCK2 package with Munki
Hi Munki / Firefox admin! I’ve been known to use both JAMF’s Casper suite and Munki, situation dependent, but recently all of my Firefox CCK2 posts have been geared for Casper admins. Time to give some love to Munki in this area! This blog assumes you have packaged the autoconfig files that CCK2 outputs and […]
Best Practices in 2015: Modular Deployment & Patch Management
Whether you have already deployed Macs in your organisation or you are trying to work out how to do it, one of our recommendations is to adopt a solid deployment and patch management approach from the start. This topic breaks into a number of smaller methodologies described in one of our earlier blogs. When you […]