Deploy "AutoCAD 2018" & "SketchBook for Enterprise 2018" (internal Autodesk license server)

[donmontalvo]

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

[JasonNVSD]

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. :|

[leegalan]

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

Great work, by the way.

[epomelow]

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

[epomelow]

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.