Day: February 21, 2014
-
Using AWS Lambda To Relay Jamf Pro Webhooks to Slack
I recently got interested in utilizing webhooks in Jamf Pro but had no idea where to start. I went and watched Bryson Tyrrell’s (https://twitter.com/bryson3gps) presentation from JNUC 2017 Webhooks Part Deaux! and then went over to take a peek at Jackalope on the Jamf Marketplace. I read the docs, I tried to figure out how to do…
-
JNUC 2018 – Slides And Scripts
The slides, scripts, images, and video from my presentation “10 Things Not To Do in a Large Scale Deployment” are available on GitHub now: JNUC 2018
-
Using lpoptions To Identify Printer Options
In my previous post on adding printers via script I mentioned using lpoptions to identify the different option settings for a printer. Let’s open up Terminal and get started with identifying the options. You’ll need to have the printer already installed on the system, so if it isn’t installed go follow my previous post and get it…
-
Identify EFI Fiery Driver
In this post I talked about how we can use the lpadmin command to add a printer via script. In this post we will cover how we can identify the driver for an EFI Fiery RIP. Note: all Fiery RIPs do not use the same driver, so you will want to follow this process for any Fiery…
-
Deploying Printers via Script
Deploying printers on the Mac in an enterprise environment, or heck, just in a small office environment, can be done in multiple ways. If you don’t have a management tool, or ARD, you’re going to be running around doing it by hand. If you have a management tool, like Munki or Jamf, then you can…
-
Custom Theme Fonts Office 2016 Mac
I was given the task of deploying a custom theme for Office 2016 the other day. Not having done this before, I did what I always do: I searched Google for the answer. I was able to figure out where to place the theme file, so I went about my merry way packaging up the…
-
Pre-Loading AWS S3 Buckets With Jamf Pro
Quickly refresh dev environment storage by side loading your S3 buckets.
-
Collecting Data Using Plist Files
At our recent Dallas area Casper User Group meeting, we got into a discussion around collecting data during a Casper recon. Specifically we were discussing the use of Extension Attributes to collect information about virtual machines. Extension Attributes are a way to capture information from your systems. You can use scripts to pull information or drop…
-
To Image or To First Boot
When I first started out with the Casper Suite back in 2008, it was commonplace to create imaging configurations with their Casper Imaging tool. Drop an OS image into Casper, add in some applications in the order you want them installed, maybe a preference or two, and voila, you now have an imaging configuration for use…