There is a huge project called jamJAR that seeks to integrate Munki and Jamf in a seamless way.

I’ve written a script that does something a bit less ambitious, but it may still be helpful to your organization if you are “using” Jamf Self-Service, really want to be using Managed Software Center, and still want to keep Self-Service around (either temporarily or semi-permanently).

Basically install_munki_optional.py is a script that you can include in a Jamf Self-Service policy that will attempt to install a Munki optional install item. Just make the item name (not necessarily the same as the display name, mind you) the Parameter 4 in Parameter Values. Oh, and make sure that item actually is an optional install available in Managed Software Center!

The script will attempt to add that item to the SelfServeManifest. If the item already exists in the SelfServeManifest, the script will launch up Managed Software Center and try to focus on the item to basically say “Hey, remember this is already installed?” If the item doesn’t already exist in the SelfServeManifest, the script will add the item to the SelfServeManifest, launch up Managed Software Center, and attempt a managedsoftwareupdate --auto run.

As it’s written, it’s using Munki’s embedded Python 3, but if you have your own Python 3 you’d rather use, just update the shebang path.