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In case this is helpful to anyone deploying "AutoCAD 2018" and/or "SketchBook for Enterprise 2018" using an internal Autodesk license server.



Their PKGs are very well made, flat/signed and silent...the below are AFTER scripts in Jamf Pro policies.



(1) Autodesk_licenseFile.sh (creates file with port@fqdn for primary:secondary internal Autodesk license server)
(2) Autodesk_disableAutoCAD2018welcomeScreen.sh (disables welcome screen...not really necessary, client might ask me to remove)
(3) Autodesk_setupAutoCAD2018.sh (creates two files that are created after app contacts server)
(4) Autodesk_setupSketchBookForEnterprise2018.sh (creates two files that are created after app contacts server)



#1/2/3 are used for AutoCAD 2018.
#1/4 are used for SketchBook for Enterprise 2018.



Autodesk_licenseFile.sh



#!/bin/sh

# Set Autodesk license file. 20180906 DM



licenseFilePath="/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/CLM/LGS"

licenseFile="$licenseFilePath"/"ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE.data"

licenseString='27004@server1.domain.com:27004@server2.domain.com'



# Confirm path exists

mkdir -p "$licenseFilePath"



if [[ -e "${licenseFile}" ]]; then

    if [[ $( cat "${licenseFile}" ) == "${licenseString}" ]]; then

        echo "License OK."

    else

        echo "License not OK, fixing..."

        echo "$licenseString" > "$licenseFile"

        echo "License fixed."

    fi

else

    echo "License does not exist, creating..."

    echo "$licenseString" > "$licenseFile"

    echo "License created."

fi



exit 0


Autodesk_disableAutoCAD2018welcomeScreen.sh



#!/bin/sh

# Autodesk AutoCAD 2018 disable welcome screen. 20180906 DM



over500=$( dscl . list /Users UniqueID | awk '$2 > 500 { print $1 }' )



# Set pref User Template

defaults write /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.autodesk.AutoCAD2018 AutoMigrated -bool TRUE

chown root:wheel /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.autodesk.AutoCAD2018.plist



# Set prefs Users

for u in $over500 ;

do

    defaults write /Users/"$u"/Library/Preferences/com.autodesk.AutoCAD2018 AutoMigrated -bool TRUE

    chown "$u" /Users/"$u"/Library/Preferences/com.autodesk.AutoCAD2018.plist

done



exit 0


Autodesk_setupAutoCAD2018.sh



#!/bin/sh

# Set up Autodesk AutoCAD 2018. 20180906 DM



setupFilesPath="/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/CLM/LGS/777J1_2018.0.0.F"

lgsFile="$setupFilesPath"/"LGS.data"

lgsFileString="_NETWORK"

nwFile="$setupFilesPath"/"nw.cfg"

nwFileString="done"



# Confirm LGS.data file exists

mkdir -p "$setupFilesPath"



# Confirm LGS.data file

if [[ -e "${lgsFile}" ]]; then

    if [[ $( cat "${lgsFile}" ) == "${lgsFileString}" ]]; then

        echo "Setup LGS.data file is OK."

    else

        echo "Setup LGS.data file is not OK, fixing..."

        echo "$lgsFileString" > "$lgsFile"

        echo "Setup LGS.data file fixed."

    fi

else

    echo "Setup LGS.data does not exist, creating..."

    echo "$lgsFileString" > "$lgsFile"

    echo "Setup LGS.data file created."

fi



# Confirm nw.cfg file

if [[ -e "${nwFile}" ]]; then

    if [[ $( cat "${nwFile}" ) == "${nwFileString}" ]]; then

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file is OK."

    else

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file is not OK, fixing..."

        echo "$nwFileString" > "$nwFile"

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file fixed."

    fi

else

    echo "Setup nw.cfg does not exist, creating..."

    echo "$nwFileString" > "$nwFile"

    echo "Setup nw.cfg file created."

fi



exit 0


Autodesk_setupSketchBookForEnterprise2018.sh



#!/bin/sh

# Set up Autodesk SketchBook for Enterprise 2018. 20180906 DM



setupFilesPath="/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/CLM/LGS/871J1_2018.0.0.F"

lgsFile="$setupFilesPath"/"LGS.data"

lgsFileString="_NETWORK"

nwFile="$setupFilesPath"/"nw.cfg"

nwFileString="done"



# Confirm LGS.data file exists

mkdir -p "$setupFilesPath"



# Confirm LGS.data file

if [[ -e "${lgsFile}" ]]; then

    if [[ $( cat "${lgsFile}" ) == "${lgsFileString}" ]]; then

        echo "Setup LGS.data file is OK."

    else

        echo "Setup LGS.data file is not OK, fixing..."

        echo "$lgsFileString" > "$lgsFile"

        echo "Setup LGS.data file fixed."

    fi

else

    echo "Setup LGS.data does not exist, creating..."

    echo "$lgsFileString" > "$lgsFile"

    echo "Setup LGS.data file created."

fi



# Confirm nw.cfg file

if [[ -e "${nwFile}" ]]; then

    if [[ $( cat "${nwFile}" ) == "${nwFileString}" ]]; then

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file is OK."

    else

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file is not OK, fixing..."

        echo "$nwFileString" > "$nwFile"

        echo "Setup nw.cfg file fixed."

    fi

else

    echo "Setup nw.cfg does not exist, creating..."

    echo "$nwFileString" > "$nwFile"

    echo "Setup nw.cfg file created."

fi



exit 0


Hope this is helpful to anyone tasked with deploying these items...sure wish this info was available here, would have saved a good amount of time. :)



PS, Autodesk support shout out to DrewP for his help, sending him a link to this post.



Don

Are you using a license server or standalone licenses? On Windows we use the latter, but I don't understand where you get the information for those 3 variables.



Nevermind, it was in your title. :|

Any ideas of how I should modify this to deploy with a standalone license?



Great work, by the way.

@leegalan If you want to use this for a standalone version, change _NETWORK to _STANDALONE and add a serial number to the script.

Some additional changes I had to make for the NETWORK install, for some reason our instance required me to populate a LICPATH.lic file at the $setupFilesPath. So I ended up doing this with it; without the 12x0's and the daemon port it failed.



#!/bin/sh

# Confirm path exists

mkdir -p "$licenseFilePath"



if [[ -e "${licenseFile}" ]]; then

        echo "SERVER $licenseString 000000000000 2080" > "$licenseFile"

        echo "USE_SERVER" >> "$licenseFile"

        echo "License updated."

else

    echo "License does not exist, creating..."

    echo "SERVER $licenseString 000000000000 2080" > "$licenseFile"

    echo "USE_SERVER" >> "$licenseFile"

    echo "License created."

fi


I am currently in the process of writing it up as a JAMF policy to accept a serial number and prod key as parameters, so once I get that together, I'll post it.

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