So I use to have a script that downloaded PIA VPN but now when I run a curl command on terminal using
' curl https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx '
it just shows the website in plain text rather than an app can anyone offer any insights what is the best way to go about this?
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PIA Download via Curl
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+11Hello Euwan
The file address is https://installers.privateinternetaccess.com/download/pia-macos-1.1.1-02545.zip
You could try
curl --silent "https://installers.privateinternetaccess.com/download/pia-macos-1.1.1-02545.zip" -o /tmp/pia-macos.zip
Is this part of any automated process?
+5Yea it is automated got it sorted now. Used this script
!/bin/bash
Make Temp Directory
mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
Go to temp
cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
download PIA text file with updated .zip name
curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx
isolate the zip URL and ZIP file name
PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "(http|https)://[a-zA-Z0-9./?=-]")
PIAZIP=$(ls | grep *.zip)
Download zip file
curl -LO $PIAURL
Unzip files
unzip $PIAZIP
sleep 30
Run PIA Installer
open /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp/Private Internet Access Installer.app
sleep 100
Remove Temp Directory
rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
exit
+3@Euwanh Thanks for the script. I have something similar I want to achieve but I want the site i'm going to to m.meraki.com requires that I input a value. I've used the POST command to add value but may be doing it wrong. Any suggestions?
+5@tomatoes27 sorry for the very long delay did you need further assistance with this? I know how daunting it can be when you first start using jamf and then have to write scripts
+6Yea it is automated got it sorted now. Used this script
!/bin/bash
Make Temp Directory
mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
Go to temp
cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
download PIA text file with updated .zip name
curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx
isolate the zip URL and ZIP file name
PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "(http|https)://[a-zA-Z0-9./?=-]")
PIAZIP=$(ls | grep *.zip)
Download zip file
curl -LO $PIAURL
Unzip files
unzip $PIAZIP
sleep 30
Run PIA Installer
open /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp/Private Internet Access Installer.app
sleep 100
Remove Temp Directory
rm -rf /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/temp
exit
Three years later I find this solution. But somehow your GREP only returns 'https://i' Maybe something went wrong with the copy/paste in here?
GREP is not my specialty, so I am having a hard time trying to get it to work. If anyone has any tips?
+6Managed to get the script working at least. But then the installer gives a prompt to install a helper app and requiring a password. Guess that there is no way around this.....
#!/bin/bash
#Go to downloadsfolder
cd ~/Downloads
#download PIA text file with updated .zip name
curl -LO https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_osx
#isolate the zip URL name
PIAURL=$(cat download_installer_osx | grep .zip | grep -Eo "https://.+\\.zip")
sleep 10
#Download zip file
curl -LO $PIAURL
sleep 10
#isolate the zip file name
PIAZIP=$(ls | grep pia*.zip)
#Unzip files
unzip $PIAZIP
sleep 10
#Run PIA Installer
open ~/Downloads/Private\\ Internet\\ Access\\ Installer.app
sleep 100
exit
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