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Tools for the community to get started with the new External Patch Sources features in 10.2

  • February 13, 2018
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BrysonTyrrell
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Hello Nation. I have a couple of resources for everyone looking at Jamf Pro 10.2 and the new External Patch Source feature that will allow you to create your own patch definitions for internal apps, or apps that Jamf doesn’t provide patch definitions for:

https://github.com/brysontyrrell/Patch-Starter-Script
Create a basic (starter) patch definition for an application on your Mac. Cuts down on the time needed to write definitions.

https://github.com/brysontyrrell/PatchServer
Host and managed your patch definitions and allow them to be subscribed to in Jamf Pro.

Here's the Jamf Marketplace listing: https://marketplace.jamf.com/details/patch-server-for-jamf-pro/

You can check out the documentation here: http://patchserver.readthedocs.io/

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    • cgiordano
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    • September 11, 2018

    Just stumbled across this post and I'm hoping to get further clarification, this is just a way for us to make integrate additional data for use with patch reporting and patch definitions but this isn't something that actually provides the source for the updates so that we don't have to upload a new package every time a new version comes out, right?

    Thanks!
    Chris

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    • Stevie
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    • September 11, 2018

    I have setup the Kinobi patch server and current have 62 software titles setup. I also use the patch process to remove unwanted software from clients. Whenever someone installs software which matches the application bundle ID I have a policy which uninstall the software. It also helps to spot software which has been installed and renamed to look like another software program.

    Within the server which I setup and track some software using EA's such as home-brew, Microsoft Teams, DisplayLink and Docker.

    My current list of software titles are:
    Alfred 3
    Android Studio
    AppCleaner
    Atom
    AutoCasperNBI
    AutoDMG
    Beyond Compare
    Blender
    Brackets
    Charles Proxy
    Commander One
    Company Portal
    CraftManager
    DBeaver
    DisplayLink Version
    Docker
    Double Commander
    Enpass
    Evernote
    f.lux
    FileZilla
    Framer
    GIMP
    GitHub Desktop
    Google Web Designer
    GrandPerspective
    HandBrake
    home-brew
    IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ IDEA CE
    iTerm
    Karabiner
    MacVim
    Mattermost
    Microsoft Remote Desktop
    Microsoft Teams
    Monolingual
    NoMad
    Opera
    Postman
    PyCharm
    PyCharm CE
    R 
    Sketch
    Skype
    Slack
    SmartSVN
    SourceTree
    Steam
    Sublime Text
    Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Reader
    VirtualBox
    Visual Studio Code
    VLC media player
    WebStorm
    WhatsApp
    Wireshark
    Zscaler

    Currently there isn't a way of sharing the these titles on the forum, maybe someone at Jamf can post them if I sent them in.

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      • astiephi
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      • January 24, 2019

      Hi all, has anyone shared a public patch server ?

      40 years of Apple Experience... but not that old ! :)
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        • liftengine
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        • July 27, 2020

        bump

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          • baminwm
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          • September 7, 2020

          Hi all, has anyone shared a public patch server ?

          Those applications will be amazing if there is a public patch server

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            • johnsz_tu
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            • April 8, 2021

            @baminwm @astiephi

            https://beta2.communitypatch.com/

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            • WCBrian
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            • August 24, 2021

            @baminwm @astiephi

            https://beta2.communitypatch.com/


            be advised, communitypatch is no longer registering new people, and will be shutting down RSN.

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