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OS X Imaging, Software and Policy Deployment with Linux Services Doug Brown Redlands College XW11 Overview This workshop will be interactive and hands-on These slides should be used as reference materials For each topic, we will


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Doug Brown Redlands College

OS X Imaging, Software and Policy Deployment with Linux Services

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Overview

  • This workshop will be interactive and

hands-on

  • These slides should be used as

reference materials

  • For each topic, we will examine the

code and see how it is applied

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The long way...

  • Manually installing software and

settings

  • Monolithic imaging
  • Personal ownership and AppleCare
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Managed Operating Environment

  • Software and license management
  • Configuration setting policy enforcement
  • Printers and other miscellaneous tasks
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Initial outlays and longterm costs

  • Migration and training
  • Hardware
  • Maintenance and licenses
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Best of both worlds?

  • Use existing infrastructure
  • Integrate with services already provided
  • Require minimal, if any additional

training

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Network-based Imaging

  • DHCP - Apple options
  • TFTP - kernel and extensions
  • HTTP - Netinstall image
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Letʼs image

1.Examine the DHCP configuration requirements 2.See how NetInstall images are created 3.Boot our machines off the network

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Then what?

  • Custom Setup Assistant
  • Install combo update and Policy

Manager

  • Set EFI password, timezone, etc.
  • Sync with local ntp time server
  • Create universal static accounts, such

as administrator

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Policy Enforcement

  • Policy Manager
  • Policy enforcement hooks
  • Startup
  • Login
  • Sleep/Wake
  • Update Policy
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Redlands Updater

  • Application in Utilities folder
  • Can be run by policy enforcement hook/s
  • r administrative user
  • Polls repository for new packages
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Repository structure

  • install
  • FTP client and setup script
  • postinstall
  • Any other universally installed packages
  • pool
  • Location for all other packages
  • dist
  • Groups and associations
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IP octet-based groups

  • Example octet-based associations
  • 10 - all machines in organisation
  • 10.6 - all “fixed asset” student

machines

  • 10.6.122 - all machines in a particular

lab

  • 10.6.122.4 - specific machine
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Questions?