Munki 4 Release Candidate 1

https://github.com/munki/munki/releases/tag/v4.0.0RC1

This is a release candidate of Munki 4.0, a major architectural change to the Munki tools.

Munki 4 removes the dependency on Apple’s Python, and includes its own copy of Python 3.7.4.

Functionality is intended to be identical to Munki 3.6.4.

See Introduction to Munki 4 for more information on the architectural changes.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you use AutoPkg, do not use the munkitools3.munki recipe to import this release, as it will not import the new embedded Python package and any clients upgraded with the results will be broken.

A new munkitools4.munki recipe is available in the AutoPkg recipes repo.

Previous betas for this code base were numbered as 3.7.0 betas.

AutoPkg 2020: MacSysAdmin 2019 links

Here are links for references in my MacSysAdmin 2019 presentation, AutoPkg 2020:

Disney Animation

https://www.disneyanimation.com

AutoPkg

• AutoPkg: http://autopkg.github.io/autopkg/
  https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg
• AutoPkg releases: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases
• AutoPkg wiki: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/wiki
• AutoPkg recipe repos: https://github.com/autopkg/

AutoPkg videos

• Managing Updates: The Next Level (MacSysAdmin 2013) http://docs.macsysadmin.se/2013/video/Day2Session4.mp4
• AutoPkg: Crowd-sourcing packaging and deployment (MacSysAdmin 2014) http://docs.macsysadmin.se/2014/video/Day2Session5.mp4
• You Oughta Check Out AutoPkg (Penn State MacAdmins 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqK-MAEZekI

Integration and automation

• AutoPkgr: https://www.lindegroup.com/autopkgr
• autopkg-conductor: https://github.com/rtrouton/autopkg-conductor
  https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/automating-autopkg-runs-with-autopkg-conductor/
• Slack notification post-processor: https://grahamrpugh.com/2017/12/22/slack-for-autopkg-jssimporter.html
• autopkg-wrapper: https://seankaiser.com/blog/2013/12/16/autopkg-change-notifications/
  https://github.com/seankaiser/automation-scripts/tree/master/autopkg
• Recipe Robot: https://github.com/homebysix/recipe-robot
• JSS-Importer: https://github.com/jssimporter/JSSImporter
• AutoPkg/Filewave integration: https://github.com/autopkg/filewave

Python 3

• Python 2 EOL: https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
• Python downloads: https://www.python.org/downloads/
• Relocatable Python for macOS: https://github.com/gregneagle/relocatable-python

More info

• autopkg-discuss: https://groups.google.com/group/autopkg-discuss
• FAQ: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/wiki/FAQ
• Still more resources: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/wiki/More-resources

PSU MacAdmins 2019 Packaging Workshop slides

Get ’em here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1cx1wlf7c9wcw7g/PackagingWorkshopSlides.zip?dl=0

PSU MacAdmins Python 3 Convert-a-thon resources

Here’s a list of resources for the Python 3 Convert-a-thon at PSU MacAdmins 2019:

Python 3 framework

https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/ (generic/stock framework from python.org)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vjbb8zeqb7w1z2g/Python.framework.zip?dl=0 (relocatable framework with pip, PyObjC, xattr, and six pre-installed)

python-modernize

https://python-modernize.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

pylint

https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Install python-modernize and pylint using pip:

pip install modernize
pip install pylint

-or-

Apple Installer pkg containing python-modernize and pylint:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxk5uq8b1vg2xij/psumacpytools-1.0.pkg?dl=0

six

https://six.readthedocs.io

six is installed as part of Apple’s Python 2.7 install; if you download the relocatable Python 3 framework from the link above, it also includes (a newer version of) six.

The Conservative Python 3 Porting Guide

https://portingguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Cheat Sheet: Writing Python 2-3 compatible code

https://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html

One case-study

https://medium.com/@boxed/moving-a-large-and-old-codebase-to-python3-33a5a13f8c99

PSU MacAdmins 2019 Packaging Workshop Course Materials

If you are participating in my packaging workshop next week at Penn State, please prepare in advance by downloading these items. (Don’t install them, just download them):

Sample packages (new — added July 7):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lyhv517en1mo8gy/packages.zip?dl=0

Firefox disk image:
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=osx&lang=en-US

Google Chrome disk image:
https://dl.google.com/chrome/mac/stable/GGRO/googlechrome.dmg

Suspicious Package
http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/

Pacifist
https://www.charlessoft.com

WhiteBox Packages:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/files/Packages.dmg

munki-pkg:
https://github.com/munki/munki-pkg/archive/master.zip

Sure, you can also try downloading these items the morning of the workshop, but why tempt the WiFi spirits?

Munki 3.6 is here!

https://github.com/munki/munki/releases/tag/v3.6.0

This is the official release of Munki 3.6, an important new release of the Munki tools.

The primary new feature of Munki 3.6 is new versions of Managed Software Center.app and MunkiStatus.app, rewritten in Swift. These new applications are intended to behave nearly the same as the PyObjC-based applications they replace, with some speed and reliability improvements.

Munki 3.6 will install (and is supported) on macOS 10.10+. Older macOS versions are no longer supported.

MacSysAdmin 2018 links

Here are some links from my presentation at MacSysAdmin 2018 in Göteborg, Sweden, “Imaging is Dead: What Now?”

Der Flounder, “Imaging will be dead soonish”: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/imaging-will-be-dead-soon-ish/

AutoDMG: https://github.com/MagerValp/AutoDMG

Imagr: https://github.com/grahamgilbert/imagr

DeployStudio: http://www.deploystudio.com

Apple, “Upgrade macOS on a Mac at your institution”: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208020

Apple, “APFS and Imaging”: https://help.apple.com/deployment/macos/#/apd545ec8b69

Apple, “Restore Apple T2 firmware on iMac Pro”: https://help.apple.com/configurator/mac/2.7.1/#/apdebea5be51

Apple, “Restore Apple T2 firmware on 2018 MacBook Pro”: https://help.apple.com/configurator/mac/2.7.1/#/apd0020c3dc2

Apple, “How to create a bootable installer for macOS”: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

createbootvolfromautonbi.py: https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/master/createbootvolfromautonbi.py

Bootstrappr: https://github.com/munki/bootstrappr

Installr: https://github.com/munki/installr

Erik Gomez, Custom DEP series: http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/03/08/Custom-DEP-Part-1-An-Introduction/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/03/08/Custom-DEP-Part-2-Creating-a-custom-package-and-deploying-Munki/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/03/08/Custom-DEP-Part-3-Best-Practices/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/03/08/Custom-DEP-Part-4-The-Future/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/04/05/Custom-DEP-Part-5-Dynamic-InstallApplication/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/04/27/Custom-DEP-Part-6-Vendor-Announcement-and-Presentation/
http://blog.eriknicolasgomez.com/2017/07/27/Custom-DEP-Part-7-Getting-started-with-AirWatch-9.1.3/

Victor Vranchan, “Munkiing around with DEP”: https://groob.io/posts/dep-micromdm-munki/

installinstallmacos.py: https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/master/installinstallmacos.py

Armin Briegel, “macOS Installation for Apple Administrators”: https://scriptingosx.com/macos-installation-for-apple-administrators/