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I would like to know exactly what pieces I need to schedule nightly reboots of an iPad. It's used as a kiosk and restarting it would help keep it fresh for the next day, since the only times it has a problem rebooting fixes it.

I'm new to jamf. I have the iPad enrolled in jamf NOW. So that's working. I see a couple of discussions like this one but it's not clear to me what is needed in order to run a script similar to what is referenced in the disussion.

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/30751/api-script-for-ipad-restart

Is jamf Pro the missing ingredient for me? Or would I need additional software to get this setup. It's frustrating as heck that a simple reboot/shutdown scheduler isn't included from Apple and I'm hoping jamf will be my salvation from it.

Thanks!
Matt

I'm not familiar with Jamf Now, but I don't think that's a built-in feature in Jamf Pro either. You could accomplish it using the API though; you'd need to write a script that ran on a nightly basis on one of your computers to sent out the API command.

API is your friend for this one!

OK. I've been trying and trying at this but I can't figure it out.

There are two pieces I know I'm missing and can't verify how to get the exact info I need. There's probably more, but here's what I have so far:
...

!/bin/bash

apiUser="myjamfusername"
apiPass='myjamfpassword'
deviceID="1"

data="<mobile_device_command><general><command>RestartDevice</command></general><mobile_devices><mobile_device><id>${deviceID}</id></mobile_device></mobile_devices></mobile_device_command>"

echo "Attempting to send a RestartDevice command to Mobile Device with ID: $deviceID"

curl -ksu "$apiUser:$apiPass" -H "Content-Type: text/xml" "https://xxxxxx.jamfcloud.com/JSSResource/mobiledevicecommands/command" -d $data -X POST

exit 0
...

I save this script, make it executable and then run it. But, I don't know where to find the device ID for my iPad (which is enrolled and I can see it on the dashboard when I login to app.jamfnow.com). And I don't know if I have the correct URL - I just pulled the start of it from the link it makes for open enrollment, which is the form you see above in the curl command.

So, how can I find the missing pieces? Device ID and API URL for my account? I feel like I'm close but I need some help to get over the hump.

Thanks!
Matt

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