Deploy Package using a Jamf Pro Software Distribution Policy

Use this procedure to create a software distribution policy in Jamf Pro and deploy the DMG package.

Prerequisites

This procedure requires that you previously created a package using Jamf Composer and uploaded the macOS agent DMG package to Jamf Pro.

Procedure

1. Login to the Jamf Pro portal.
2. On the left panel, go to Computers > Policy.
3. Click New to create a new software distribution policy and specify the following:
   1. On the General tab, specify:
      1. In Display Name, enter a policy name.
      2. From the Category drop-down list, select the respective category or leave it as Unknown.
      3. Select Recurring Check-in.

         

   2. On the Packages Options tab, specify:
      1. On the right panel, click Configure.
      2. Next to the DMG Package (appc.dmg in this example), click Add.
      3. For Distribution Point, select Each computer's default distribution point.
      4. For Action, specify Install.
      5. Select Fill user templates (FUT).
      6. Select Fill existing user home directories (FEU).

         

   3. On the File and Process tab, specify:
      1. In the Execute Command field, enter:

         sudo installer -pkg /private/tmp/appc/Install\ Bit9\ Security\ Platform.pkg -target /Applications/

4. Click Save.
   After you save the policy, the deployment begins.
5. To verify successful deployment of package, check the logs of software distribution policy.