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OS X Imaging, Software and Policy Deployment with Linux Services - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
OS X Imaging, Software and Policy Deployment with Linux Services - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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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