Getting a .app into a .pkg for munki deployment

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Avas

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Jan 26, 2016, 6:04:59 PM1/26/16
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How can I go about getting a .app into a .pkg for munki deployment. I am trying to get a SophosInstaller.app into my munki repository so that I can deploy it onto my client machines.

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Mr. Alan Siu

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Jan 26, 2016, 6:06:21 PM1/26/16
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Chances are the SophosInstaller.app contains a .pkg or some other executable inside of it. What do you see inside when you right-click and select Show Package Contents?


Alan Siu
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St. Ignatius College Preparatory

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How can I go about getting a .app into a .pkg for munki deployment. I am trying to get a SophosInstaller.app into my munki repository so that I can deploy it onto my client machines.

Thank you

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Amanda Vasquez

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Jan 26, 2016, 6:10:38 PM1/26/16
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I see a contents folder that consists of a code resources file, info.plist file, other .plist files, some .exe but no package.

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Kris Lou

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Avas <avasqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
How can I go about getting a .app into a .pkg for munki deployment. I am trying to get a SophosInstaller.app into my munki repository so that I can deploy it onto my client machines.

You can just point munkiimport to the *.app and it'll wrap it into a *.dmg and import for you.  (i.e. munkiimport /path/to/SophosInstaller.app)

That being said, the deployment process will just then copy your SophosInstaller.app to /Applications, but not necessarily install Sophos for you.  The chances are that you'll have to repackage in a some way.




Ryan Manly

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Jan 27, 2016, 6:47:11 AM1/27/16
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If you need to deploy Sophos Cloud it is very easy.

Use [munki-pkg](https://github.com/munki/munki-pkg) to build a pkg that puts the SophosInstaller folder in /tmp and then run a postinstall script per:

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120570.aspx

Hugh Burt

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Jan 27, 2016, 8:59:27 AM1/27/16
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We use Sophos with the enterprise console.  I made a pkg with Packages that contains the Sophos installer app and the Sophos Installer Components Folder.  I then use munkiiport to import the pkg into munki.  When installed by munki, the pkg extracts both the folders to /Users/Shared/ and then munki runs a postinstall script :-

<key>postinstall_script</key> 
        <string>#!/bin/sh 
/Users/Shared/sophos_installer/Sophos\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/tools/InstallationDeployer --install 
rm -R /Users/Shared/sophos_installer
</string> 

The components folder has the details of the enterprise server etc.



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Matt Cahill

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Jan 27, 2016, 4:31:51 PM1/27/16
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We opted for repackaging too and followed Rich Trouton's excellent walk through here:

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/revisiting-sophos-enterprise-anti-virus-for-mac-9-2-x-deployment/

keith....@gmail.com

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On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:04:59 PM UTC-5, Avas wrote:
How can I go about getting a .app into a .pkg for munki deployment. I am trying to get a SophosInstaller.app into my munki repository so that I can deploy it onto my client machines.

Thank you

For some .apps(not Sophos), I use https://github.com/mm2270/App-Packager.
Drag and drop, upload to Munki,Casper, DP and I'm sure others

LK
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