JAMF - How to make Browser Install Packages or Update Existing
JAMF – How to make and updated browser packages and policies
Download the installers and updated installers. Do not unpack leave as .dmg files | |
Go to Full JAMF Pro | |
Settings | |
Computer Management | |
Packages | |
Look for packages | |
Click on the package and choose "Edit" | |
Click on Filename | |
Click on the .dmg | |
Choose Open | |
Notice that when you choose the .dmg file it changes the Display Name make sure to change it back to | |
When you click Save the file will upload | |
Now to repush or make a new policy | |
Choose Computer> | |
In our case there was not one for Firefox so lets create one | |
Display Name | |
Recurring Check-in is the policy will run every 15 minutes till it's been run on that system | |
Click on Packages | |
Find your package and click on Add | |
Leave at default Distribution Point | |
Click SAVE | |
Then click on Scope | |
Choose Edit | |
Choose Selected Deployment Targets | |
Click on add | |
You will choose to add | |
To add a computer search and select the computer to add | |
To add a Computer Group find the computer group and click Add | |
Your targets have been selected and the show up as Targets | |
For all our TS and Labs just use these two groups | |
Then click on Save | |
To remove targets click Remove | |
Click on Show in Jamf Pro Dashboard to monitor the process | |
Click on the jamf home page to see the dashboard | |
The status will show up here. | |
Note when you change the .dmg file to update the apps in order for the policy to push again You need to flush the history Go to > COMM | |
Then Click on >Policies | |
Look for COMM - Chrome or COMM - Firefox we'll be doing both since we updated both Click on the policy to open it | |
Click on Scope | |
Choose Flush All to kick off the update | |
The status of the computers will go into Pending | |
To monitor look at the dashboard | |
See the completion rate here |
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