JamfUploader

JamfUploader is a name given to a set of AutoPkg Processors designed to interact with the Jamf Pro APIs. Most of these processors are concerned with uploading things to a Jamf Pro Server. This includes:

• Packages
• Categories
• Computer Groups
• Scripts
• Extension Attributes
• Policies (and their icons)
• Patch Policies
• Dock Items
• Configuration Profiles
• Software Restrictions
• Accounts

There are some additional processors.

This repo contains the sourcecode of the JamfUploader processors. Identical copies of the processors are hosted in the autopkg/grahampugh-recipes repo, in the JamfUploaderProcessors folder).

JamfUploader processors

Please go to JamfUploader AutoPkg Processors

jamf-upload.sh

Please go to jamf-upload.sh.

Other resources and honourable mentions

The JamfUploader project has been mentioned in various blog posts and presentations. Here are some I found, please feel free to send me any missing links:

• JamfUploader - new AutoPkg processors for importing packages to Jamf Pro, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Integrating AutoPkg into Jamf Pro, blog post by Anthony Reimer.
• YAML-formatted AutoPkg recipes can now be run natively without conversion to plist, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• AutoPkg - verify and update trust information on all recipes in a recipe-list, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• JNUC Presentation - 21 October 2021 - Making package uploading and deployment easier with JamfUploader, conference presentation by Anthony Reimer and Graham Pugh.
• How do changes to the Jamf Pro API authentication affect JamfUploader and JSSImporter?, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• JamfPackageUploader 'JCDS-mode' for a new way to upload packages to Jamf Cloud, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• JamfRecipeMaker - use AutoPkg to make Jamf recipes automatically!, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Comparing a JamfUploader recipe to a standard JSSImporter recipe, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Stage packages to production with AutoPkg and JamfUploader, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Create Dock Items With Autopkg, blog post by Marcel Kessler.
• JamfPatchUploader: Automate Jamf’s Patch Management with AutoPkg, blog post by Marcel Kessler.
• MacAdmins Presentation - 14 July 2022 - Demystifying JamfUploader, conference presentation by Anthony Reimer and Graham Pugh.
• Demystifying JamfUploader at MacAdmins, blog post by Anthony Reimer.
• MacAdmins Podcast, Episode 276: Big Changes to Jamf APIs and JSSImporter, MacAdmins Podcast appearance by Graham Pugh.
• JamfPatchUploader: Manually manage Patch Policies, blog post by Marcel Kessler.
• Clean up your packages in Jamf Pro automatically with JamfPackageCleaner, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Introducing JCDS 2.0 for uploading packages to Jamf Pro Cloud distribution points, blog post by Graham Pugh.
• Automated Jamf Patch Workflows, a blog post by Drew Barnes.
• Using AutoPKG with GitHub Actions, resources related to a JNUC presentation by Betsy Olaussen.

The following people have contributed significantly to this project:

• @zackn9ne - early contributions to the python project.
• @MLBZ521 - various functionality improvements and bug fixes
• @Marschelloss - added the JamfPatchUploader and JamfDockItemUploader processors
• @jc0b - added the JamfUploaderTeamsNotifier processor
• @everettallen - additional help with Notifier processors
• @novaksam - helped provide code to support multiple package distribution points
• @mosen and @rodgerramjet - provided the logic for jcds_mode
• @cr3ation - added the JamfPackageCleaner processor

A special mention to @jazzace, who has contributed to the project's documentation and knowledge sharing in many ways. @mpanighetti also helped with documentation.

Many other people have also made contributions to this project, be that via GitHub PRs, Issues, or feedback in the MacAdmins Slack. Thank you all!

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Additional Resources

Jamf API Tool

Please go to Jamf API Tool

Standalone upload scripts

Please go to Standalone Scripts.

The standalone scripts require a python 3 installation.

Note: the standalone jamf_X_uploader.py scripts are no longer maintained.
Please see instructions for using the AutoPkg processors as standalone scripts by using the jamf-upload.sh wrapper script, below. This will give equivalent functionality to the standalone scripts, without me having to maintain the standalone scripts in addition to the AutoPkg processors.