NETSUSLP SUS Setup/Catalog Creation Questions

[joemamasmac]

I recently installed and attempted to set-up the NETSUSLP (4.0) server to move off of an aging Mac Mini SUS. The server is configured as a NETBOOT Server, (working fine) and the SUS. However, I am having issues configuring the SUS.

1. I setup "netsus.mydomain.com" Server is pingable as well.

2. I set-up the base URL under the Software Update Server link. http://netsus.mydomain.com

3. I created a root branch and gave it a name. "work"
   http://netsus.domain.com/content/catalogs/index_work.sucatalog
   I verified that the catalog can be viewed by going to the above link from a browser.

4. I verified that updates were downloaded. So now I have to point clients to the proper server url. If I am understanding this correctly for El Capitan clients, I should be pointing them to the following.

http://netsus.domain.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1_index_work.sucatalog

I was using the CatalogURL command to test this from the command line, before pushing it out via Casper. However I was reading that this was deprecated as of Mavericks. Is this correct? Will this URL work for all clients prior to El Capitan?

Thanks for the help.

Joe

[roiegat]

Check out: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=17980

I basically use a link to that catalog URL (or whichever one your using) and make it easier for you to configure it. Plus with this method you can actually use the SUS configuration in Casper itself since it looks for the catalog at the http://netsus.domain.com/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog location.

[joemamasmac]

Thanks for the response, unfortunately I have a mix of 10.8--> 10.11 clients. I am just making sure I am using the correct URLs as none of the machines seems to want to connect to the server and pull updates.

Joe

[joemamasmac]

Figured it out. I was misreading the instructions and how to format the URL. Thanks for the suggestions.

Joe

[rmcdonald]

@joemamasmac How was the URL supposed to be formatted?