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Obtain the installer package
Put on your computer in downloads


Go to JAMF. FULL VERSION NOT JUST COMM

Click on the settings icon

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Click on Computer Management

Click on Packages

Click on New

Click on Choose File - Note that when you choose the file it'll auto fill in the Display Name

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Choose your .pkg

Click Open

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Name it on Display Name - modify if you don't like the auto populated name
Use COMM – AVID (use comm – name) to name packages

Remove .pkg in name

Then click on Save
Will upload and spin for a second. . .
When uploaded – then click refresh and this will go away

Then click on Packages

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The package will start uploading and it takes a bit for the upload to finish

Note if the package is over 7 or 8 gigs it probably will not work

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Double check your package is loaded

We see here our
package has uploaded

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Go back to COMM from and Exit -  Full Jamf Pro

Click on Computers

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policies

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New Policy

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>GENERAL Settings
Name the policy make sure it starts with COMM
Make sure the
Enabled box is checked
Enabled means the policy is enabled it won't run unless it is enabled – Disable if you do not want the policy to run
Category – Management, Tool or Security or whatever makes sense

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Recurring Check-in is the policy will run every 15 minutes till it's been run on that system 


Check the box Automatically re-run policy on failure On next recurring check-in

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Click on Packages


>Configure

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Find your package and click on Add

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Leave at default Distribution Point


Choose Install or Cache or Install Cached


Click SAVE

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If you want the package available in Self Service for users check the box

>Self Service Tab

Check the Make the policy available in Self Service


Then it'll show up in this app

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OPTIONAL everything in RED - Skip to Scope section 

- if there is a a RESTART involved with allowing the computer to run the software 

Example an security Allowance:  You can configure that in the install - NOTE THIS DIDN'T WORK BUT HERE ARE THE NOTES

IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THIS PART THEN SKIP TO THE >Policies section

Next Choose Files and Processes

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Choose Configure

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Install execute and restart command

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Then click Save 


Restart Options > Click on Configure

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MDM and click Add

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THIS WAS A .kext file that needed to be installed and allowed before the software would run but still may have to allow this manually

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Click on

Save in the lower right corner when finished

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Next Click on Scope to add comptuers that are going to have the policy pushed to them

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Choose Edit

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Choose Selected Deployment Targets

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Click on add

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You will choose to add
>Computers for individual computers
>Computer Groups for adding smart groups of entire labs

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To add a computer search and select the computer to add

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To add a Computer Group find the computer group and click Add

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Your targets have been selected and the show up as Targets

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To include all our teaching stations and labs use these two groups

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Then click on Save

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To remove targets click Remove

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Click on Show in Jamf Pro Dashboard to monitor the process

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Click on the jamf home page to see the dashboard

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The status will show up here.

Completed, Pending etc.

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