Updated Jamf Pro MDM lock script to add reporting feature
Previously, I’d written a script to manage sending device lock commands using the Jamf Pro Classic API. After writing it, I thought that it would be a good idea if the script could also generate a...
View ArticleWWDC 2021 notes
This week, like last year, I’m attending Apple’s WWDC 2021 conference from the comforts of home. As part of this, I’m taking notes during the labs and session videos. Due to wanting to stay on the...
View ArticleSlides from the “Ride on the Release Train” session at MacDevOpsYVR 2021
For those who wanted a copy of my talk at the MacDevOpsYVR 2021 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF – https://tinyurl.com/MDOYVR2021PDF Keynote –...
View ArticleSession videos from MacDevOps YVR 2021 now available
The MacDevOps YVR folks have posted the session videos for from MacDevOps YVR 2021, including the video for my Ride on the Release Train session. For those interested, all of the the MacDevOps YVR 2021...
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Jamf Pro deprecating the ability to issue a Tomcat certificate from the Jamf...
As part of the release of Jamf Pro 10.30, the following entry was added to the Deprecations section of the Jamf Pro Release Notes: Functionality to issue the Tomcat SSL/TLS certificate from Jamf Pro’s...
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Backing up Self Service bookmarks for Jamf Pro 10.30.0 and later
A while ago, I wrote a post on how to back up your Jamf Pro Self Service bookmarks. I’ve been using that process to back up my bookmarks and it’s been working fine until after my upgrade to Jamf Pro...
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AutoPkg recipes for OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion OS installers now available
Now that Apple has made direct download links available for Lion and Mountain Lion, I’ve written AutoPkg .download and .pkg recipes for the following OS X installers: OS X Lion OS X Mountain Lion These...
View ArticleSlides from the “SAP In The Haus” session at Penn State MacAdmins 2021
For those who wanted a copy of my talk from Penn State MacAdmins 2021, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF – https://tinyurl.com/PSUMac2021PDF Keynote –...
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Monitoring Startup Security settings on Apple Silicon Macs
To help maintain the security of the Apple Silicon Macs in your environment, it’s helpful to be able to monitor what the Startup Security settings are for those Macs. For this task, the reporting...
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Packaging a SAP GUI installer application for macOS
One of the recent changes for the macOS version of SAP GUI for Java is that both SapMachine Java 11 and OpenJFX 11 are now bundled with SAP GUI, so it is no longer required to have Java installed on...
View ArticleVideos from Penn State MacAdmins Campfire Sessions 2021
The good folks at Penn State have been posting session videos from the Penn State MacAdmins Campfire Sessions to YouTube. As they become available, you should be able to access them via the link below:...
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Signing AutoPkg-built packages using a .sign recipe
For those that need to sign their AutoPkg-generated installer packages with a signing certificate, the PkgSigner processor is available to assist with this. When I originally started using this...
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Downloading and installing macOS Big Sur via macOS Recovery’s Terminal
Every so often, you may find yourself in a situation where you need to reinstall macOS Big Sur and everything is failing on you. Installing from macOS Recovery? Not working via the usual methods....
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Codesigning, untrusted certificate authorities and why certain apps aren’t...
A number of folks noticed that certain older applications they use on macOS stopped working as of August 24th, 2021. As of this date, this appears to affect the following applications among others: RSA...
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Using the Jamf Pro API to report on which Macs are assigned to a particular...
Every so often, it may be necessary to generate a report from Jamf Pro on which computers are assigned to a particular person. To assist with this task, I’ve written a script which uses the Jamf Pro...
View ArticleIdentifying an AWS RDS-hosted database by its tag information
Recently, I was working on a task where I wanted to set up an automated process to create manual database snapshots for a database hosted in Amazon’s RDS service. Normally this is a straightforward...
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Setting up software deployment groups using a Jamf Pro Extension Attribute
When setting up software for deployment, it’s usually a good idea to first send it out to a small percentage of the Macs in your environment. That way, if there’s a problem that wasn’t caught in...
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Setting up an ad-hoc TCP listener for connection testing using Python’s web...
I recently needed to set up a connection test so that an outside vendor could verify that firewall rules had been set up correctly on both ends and that a connection which originated at a specific IP...
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Enabling full disk access for SSH on macOS Big Sur using a management profile
When connecting via SSH to a remote Mac running macOS Big Sur, Apple’s user-level privacy controls apply. You can access data in the home folder of the account you’re using to connect, but you can’t...
View ArticleSlides and video from the “AutoPkg in the Cloud” session at MacSysAdmin 2021
For those who wanted a copy of my cloud hosting for AutoPkg talk at at the MacSysAdmin 2021 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF: https://tinyurl.com/MSA2021PDF...
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