CrashPlanPROe deployment automation

[boberito]

I've followed the whitepage on the JAMF site for setting up CrashPlan, works great. Except I was wondering if anyone has figured out a way to get machines to auto-register and begin that initial backup without the user being forced to login to CrashPlan for the first time.

We're pushing out a few hundred machines this next school year and I figured I could automate this all somehow with casper.

[jcurrin]

So the process is completely backwards. But yes it is possible.

Go here first and follow the instructions for creating a custom package. http://www.crashplan.com/enterprise/support/doku.php/customize_desktop
- You will want to set the password field to ${deferred}

Once the package is created, take the entire custom folder and move it into /Library/Application Support/CrashPlan/

Build a package which only copies the custom folder in the Library. Set the package to install first before installing CrashPlan.

[boberito]

So I've done that but it doesn't appear to register with the CrashPlan server unless I open up the CrashPlan application.