Episode 28: Canadian Conferences, DEP + InstallApplication = Great MDM Options
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 28: Canadian Conferences, DEP + InstallApplication = Great MDM Options
Synopsis
In our first two-segment show, the Mac Admins Podcast talks with the organizers of MacDevOps YVR and MacDeploy to showcase two upcoming conferences in Western Canada this summer, as well as Erik Gomez of Pinterest about a new integration between Apple’s Device Enrollment Program and Chef, Puppet or Munki made possible by a popular MDM vendor you may have heard of.
In between, we launch the Community Calendar! Got an event we should announce on the show? Email us at podcast@macadmins.org.
Your Hosts:
- Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
- Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
- Dr. Emily Kausalik, IT Support Engineer, RetailMeNot, Inc. [@emilyooo]
- Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
- Marcus Ransom, Professional Services Manager at Education Advantage, [@marcusransom]
Guest:
Anthony Reimer, Organizing Committee for MacDeployment Conference, [@MacDeploy]
Mat X, Conference Organizer, MacDevOpsYVR [@MacDevOpsYVR]
Erik Gomez, IT Client Platform Engineer, Pinterest, [@Contains_ENG]
Listen!
Links & Notes
Brian Warsing’s managedmac Puppet plugin
Joe Chilcote’s MacDevOpsYVR Talk on Contributing to Open Source
The Chic Geek – Calgary, Canada
Open Source vs Commercial Software Steel Cage Death Match
Custom DEP Part One
Custom DEP Part Two
Custom DEP Part Three
Custom DEP Part Four
MDM documentation on InstallApplication: Apple’s MDM Docs
From Erik, to do this in vfuse:
vfuse -i something.dmg -s “C00A00ZVXXXX” –hw-model “MacBookAir5,2” (Added as of December 2016 to vfuse)
From Charles, to do this without vfuse pop these into your vmx:
serialNumber.reflectHost = “FALSE”
serialNumber = “C00A00ZVXXXX” (replace serial number with your DEP enabled Mac’s SN)
hw.model.reflectHost = “FALSE”
hw.model = “MacBookAir5,2” (replace with proper hardware identifier)
smbios.reflectHost = “FALSE”
Come work at Pinterest:
IT System Engineer – Core Applications
Security Engineer – Information Security
Community Calendar
Calls for Presenters
X World – 29-30 June (open until 24th April)
PSU Mac Admins – Open til 4/4/17
Community Meetups
MacDMV – Lightning Talks on 29 March in Washington, DC
MacBrained – Onboarding in a Culture First Environment @ New Relic in San Francisco, CA
Conference Sites
MacDevOps:YVR in Vancouver, Canada | June 4-6, 2017
MacDeployment in Calgary, Canada | June 8-9 2017
JNUC 2017 in Minneapolis Minnesota | October 24-26 2017
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Upcoming Conferences:
MacDevOps – June 5-6, 2017, Vancouver Canada, Early Bird Tickets are CAD $265 til March 11th
MacDeployment – June 8-9, 2017, Calgary Canada, Tickets available soon.
Penn State Macadmins Conference – Call for Proposals open! until April 4th
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