Have Managed Software Update pop up only once a week?

[Jill Lenz]

Is there a way to have Managed Software update check only once a week (specifically Wednesday)?

What would be the correct command for that?

Thanks

[Gregory Neagle]

On Mar 9, 2015, at 1:14 PM, Jill Lenz <jill....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to have Managed Software update check only once a week (specifically Wednesday)?
> What would be the correct command for that?

There is no out-of-the-box support for this. Two basic approaches:

1) Disable this LaunchDaemon:
https://github.com/munki/munki/blob/master/launchd/LaunchDaemons/com.googlecode.munki.managedsoftwareupdate-check.plist and implement a replacement daemon that runs when you want it to,

2) Implement a preflight script (see https://github.com/munki/munki/wiki/Preflight%20And%20Postflight%20Scripts) that exits non-zero when invoked with runtype "auto" outside of your "OK to run" time window.

-Greg

[Erik Gomez]

You can also limit the user notifications.

This would allow you to still install unattended packages throughout the week and only notify your users of packages once a week. You couldn't specify what day though.

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[Gregory Neagle]

If you only make new packages available in your "production" catalog on Wednesdays, though...

-Greg

[Jill Lenz]

Thanks all.

[Jill Lenz]

How do I limit the user notifications?

I'm still a little inexperienced with this so I'm sorry. 

I will install new packages in Munki admin on Wednesdays

On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 3:18:10 PM UTC-5, Jill Lenz wrote:

[Adam M. Anklewicz]

Hey Jill,

By default SuppressUserNotification is set to false. You can set this in the .plist file on the client machine to true. 

From the wiki…  https://github.com/munki/munki/wiki/Preferences

SuppressUserNotification

This key (when present and value is set to True) causes munki to never notify users of available updates. This might be useful in a lab environment, where you'd like updates to be applied only when no-one is logged in and the machine is at the login window.

I’m not sure how you’re managing your client configuration I use a profile, so I can blast out a new profile via Munki to update this for the endusers.

Adam

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[Jill Lenz]

I still want it to notify users but only when there's updates available. 

I'm allowing the clients to update on their own time but if it doesn't notify them, they won't do it.  And I don't want the Managed Software App to show up when there's no available updates - that will get annoying.  

I'm not experienced with changing stuff in .plist but I'll work on it. 

[Jill Lenz]

I tried doing this command to get it to notify only when there's updates. I read somewhere that 0 will only notify the user when there's available updates but I don't think it's working.    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ManagedInstalls DaysBetweenNotifications -int 0

[Adam M. Anklewicz]

By default MSC only shows up when there are updates. It should be good for what you want.

My DaysBetweenNotification is set to 1, which is the default, and I never see MSC unless there’s an update pending (that it can’t auto install, usually Chrome, as it’s always running).

Adam

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[Jill Lenz]

Ok. Got it. 

Thanks 

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[Gregory Neagle]

On Mar 11, 2015, at 7:58 AM, Jill Lenz <jill....@gmail.com> wrote:

I still want it to notify users but only when there's updates available. 

That's what it does.  Managed Software Center doesn't notify users that there are no updates...

I'm allowing the clients to update on their own time but if it doesn't notify them, they won't do it.  And I don't want the Managed Software App to show up when there's no available updates - that will get annoying.  

And thankfully, it does not do that.