Category Archives: MacAdmins 2017 Sessions

Sessions presented at the 2017 MacAdmins Conference

Munki Mistakes Made Right

Speakers: Tom Bridge Level: Fundamental, Lecture Excerpt: There are many different ways to setup Munki for your environment. Not all of them are wise or recommended. This presentation will take you through ways to adopt best practices for your environment, … Continue reading

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YAY-PIs: Working with REST APIs in Python

Speakers: Shea Craig Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: Most network services have REST APIs that enable the intrepid to craft custom solutions to problems not solvable from that service’s console or web app. This talk will begin with making basic requests … Continue reading

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Intro to GitLab: DevOps tools on a shell script budget

Speakers: Mac Justice Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: An overview of GitLab, an open source, self-hosted GitHub alternative. GitLab is an attractive option for smaller or non-tech industry organizations without dedicated code development infrastructure. Features include git repository hosting, permissions management, … Continue reading

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macOS and Smart Cards

Speakers: Richard Purves Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: 2FA is of increasing concern with modern day IT practices and security. Learn a little about smart cards, where they came from, how to use them with macOS, a little on system integration … Continue reading

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Reporting with MunkiReport

Speakers: John Eberle & Rick Heil Level: Fundamental, Lecture Excerpt: What is MunkiReport, and how does it work? Is it easy to install? Extensible? Do I really need Munki to use it? In this session we’ll cover all those questions … Continue reading

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