Many OS X management tools offer expandability through scripting. While the management system may be perfectly fine out-of-the-box, intrepid system administrators can take advantage of scripting capabilities to do more, do it faster, and do it better. We will discuss how and where these systems can be expanded, provide guidelines for successful scripts for those tools, and show real-world examples.
Key Concepts:
- Demonstrate scripting options applicable to DeployStudio, JAMF Casper, and Munki for data collection and workstation management
- Add UNIX shell and Python scripts to management systems
- Show tips and tricks for writing effective scripts
- Integrate multiple systems together with scripting
Intermediate Lecture – 75 Minutes
Jeremy Reichman, Tamman Technologies
Jeremy Reichman is a Lead Macintosh Systems Engineer with Tamman Technologies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has previously presented at Penn State MacAdmins 2012 and 2013 on topics such as packaging and Python. He has spent eighteen years supporting Apple devices in university and corporate environments.
Rich Trouton, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over fifteen years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including university, government, medical research and advertising. His current position is providing support for Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.