Section 4: Deployment

Question 1

Why is it important to set the ownership and group when creating a PKG using the Composer app?

Answer 1

When you create a PKG with Composer, it’s important that you adjust the ownership and group of a file or app to ensure your users can fully access those apps and resources.

Refer to the Packaging lesson.

Question 2

What steps should be taken to deploy the Firefox app to all computers that do not have it currently installed?

Answer 2

a. Install the Firefox app.
b. Open the Composer app.
c. Drag the Firefox app from /Applications/ to the Composer sidebar.
d. In Composer, select Firefox from the sidebar, click Applications, then click Firefox.app from the list.
e. Change the ownership and group to Owner: root (0), Group: wheel (0)
f. Click the ellipsis button, then click Apply Owner and Group to Firefox.app and All Enclosed Items.
g. Click Build as PKG in the toolbar.
h. In Jamf Pro, navigate to Settings > Computer Management > Packages > + New, and then fill in the details and upload your PKG to configure the Firefox package object.
i. Build a smart group that lists computers that have Firefox installed.
j. Create a new policy, configure a trigger and execution frequency, and add the Firefox PKG in the Packages payload set to “install”. Scope the policy to all computers, excluding the smart group that you created in the previous step.

Question 3

Which character(s) designate that the text that follows as an informational note/comment in a script?

Answer 3

The # (pound or hash) symbol.

Question 4

What does the following line of code signal in a script?
#!/bin/zsh

Answer 4

It defines the language of the script. This directs the Command Line Interpreter (CLI) on how to interpret the text in the file.