Tag: munkiadmin
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Getting manifest comments to persist after saving with MunkiAdmin
Problem Munki manifests are essentially XML, so you can write comments in the manifests to explain why you might have put something in (say, serial numbers in conditions). If you, however, edit and save a manifest using MunkiAdmin, MunkiAdmin doesn’t know about those comments, because they aren’t actual XML keys and values, so the comments…
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Running a post-uninstall script for a Munki package
Much as I love editing text files and entering commands into Terminal.app, I do also appreciate a good GUI frontend. Apart from munkiimport, I mainly manage Munki using MunkiAdmin, as I referenced in Absolute beginner’s guide to setting up Munki (not monkey). Of course, I got a bit too comfortable with the GUI frontend, and…
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Getting Started with Munki (not monkey)
5 April, 2018 update: This page used to have a tutorial that walked you through setting up a bunch of GUI tools to manage and keep up-to-date a Munki server. I’ve reconsidered, and I don’t think that’s the best approach for new Munki administrators to take to learning Munki. First Steps Here are a series…