How to add a machine to Jamf Pro using QuickAdd Package created by Casper (Jamf Pro) Recon tool

Using a QuickAdd package

Summary

Enroll Computers using QuickAdd Package.

  • Requires Chemistry IT's ADM accounts so student staff can't do this unassisted.

Details

  • Install the package, for example "JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-***" to the computer. (The computer will be enrolled to JAMF Pro after the installation is done, if it's on the network.)
    • smb://chemit.chem.cornell.edu
    • Specific example of the path and file name, as of 4/6/2018:
      • smb://chemit.chem.cornell.edu/ChemIT-Files/Macintosh/Casper, JAMF Pro/JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-12112017.pkg
    • Successful installation will result in a new application within the Applications folder called, "Self Service".
  • Log into the Casper Management website (JSS Dashboard) with your your NetID account to edit the new added computer information.
  • At the top of the page, select CHM or PHY, as appropriate. Then click the Computers Icon also near the top to get a column shown to the left and be automatically shown the Advanced Computer Search page.
    • Find the newly added computer by going to "AS-CHM-All Computers". Or, if you are in the PHY section, "AS-PHY-All Computers".
    • You could use your ADM account to have also seen this computer in "Smart Computer Groups" => "No Departments". Value of this capability?!
  • Click the computer, the click on "User and Location" and click the Edit button.
    • Use the pull-down menu for Department. Ex: AS-CHM - Chemistry and Chemical Biology
    • Use the pull-down menu for Building. Ex: Baker Lab
    • Type in Room. Ex: 140D
    • Click the Save button.
    • ???"Purchasing" (Warranty Expiration, AppleCare ID, Life Expectancy

Creating a QuickAdd package

Summary

Use Recon to create a QuickAdd package that enrolls computers when the package is installed on computers.

  • Only trained Chemistry IT staff should do this, and it requires their ADM account.

Details

Steps to create a QuickAdd package:

  1. Open Recon Application; If it is the first time to run a Casper Suite app, you'll see a Preferences dialog box, asking for your JSS Address. Enter: https://jssmgt.it.cornell.edu/arts Then select QuickAdd Package in left sidebar;
  2. Username:chemit-managed or physit-managed
  3. Password choose "Randomly generate password"
  4. check "Create management account if it doesn't exist" and check "Hide management account"
  5. Leave other non-checked
  6. Site: choose AS-Chemistry - CHM, or  AS-Physics - PHY
  7. Click Create button, save as: "JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-***" (*** is date eg..12112017) or "JAMFQuickadd-Physics-***" then click Save button.
  8. Save the latest packages into T:\Macintosh\Casper, JAMF Pro
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