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10.8 Apple SUS - Casper Settings

  • April 24, 2013
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This is driving me absolutely mad, and I am probably just missing something silly. I am pointing our 10.6/10.7 clients to our internal SUS server, which works like a charm. For the life of me I can't figure out the correct settings to add Apple's SUS servers to Casper, both via the Software Update servers settings in Casper or via MCX. Can someone tell me what server/port I should be entering in order to set 10.8 clients to connect to Apple's SUS servers. Thanks!

http://swscan.apple.com:8088/index.sucatalog does not work when deployed via MCX to 10.8 clients.

Best answer by mm2270

I'm not certain of the correct URL, but why not simply run a sudo jamf removeSWUSettings on those Macs? They should get pointed back to Apple's SUS once that runs on them since they'll no longer have a CatalogURL entry in the plist.

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    mm2270
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    • mm2270
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    • April 24, 2013

    I'm not certain of the correct URL, but why not simply run a sudo jamf removeSWUSettings on those Macs? They should get pointed back to Apple's SUS once that runs on them since they'll no longer have a CatalogURL entry in the plist.

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    • Chris_Hafner
    • Jamf Heroes
    • April 24, 2013

    I'm probably going to get skewered here but I've always just created a policy for a group of units. Other than normal items you'd select to create a policy (name, scope, etc). On any policies "General" tab expand the section called "Override Default Policy Settings" and choose "Apple.com" form the software update server section. Works like a charm regardless of OS or unit. See, the JSS knows...

    In any event, I'm sure there are going to be great scripts to follow that are superior in various ways. I took the easy route.

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    • Chris_Hafner
    • Jamf Heroes
    • April 24, 2013

    ... OH, P.S. Make sure that the JSS doesn't suddenly reload the non-apple SWU. If you've got other policies enforcing it (i.e. daily inventory, network segment, etc) you're going to make room in them for these units.

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    • mm2270
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    • April 24, 2013

    @Chris_Hafner, yep, I was also going to mention using the Override defaults section in the policy. That should work as well. I'm not certain, but I believe what that does is the same as the command, namely, remove any specific SUS Catalog URL setting, which automagically points the client back to Apple's servers.

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    • jvlinden
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    • April 24, 2013

    Is your SUS on 10.8? Because a 10.6 SUS can service 10.6 and 10.7 clients but will not do 10.8. I discovered this recently as I tried to do the same thing.

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    • bgilroy
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    • April 24, 2013

    http://updateserver.domain.com:8088/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

    this must be a 10.8 server to update 10.8 clients

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    • dgreening
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    • April 25, 2013

    Our internal SUS is on 10.6.8 server, so yeah, that won't work with 10.8 clients. I am in the process of getting a 10.8 SUS server up and running. The sudo jamf removeSWUSettings command did the trick. Thanks guys!

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    • gregneagle
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    • April 25, 2013

    Or you could just set up Reposado on your existing 10.6.8 server:
    https://github.com/wdas/reposado

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