OCS Inventory NG Packager for MacOSX

What is OCS Inventory NG Packager for MacOSX ?

OCS Inventory NG Packager for MacOSX is a tool to help you to create a custom OCS MacOSX agent installer. It will create a custom installer using your configuration such as your OCS server address, certificate file, debug mode and so much...OCS Inventory NG Packager for MacOSX will create your custom OCS MacOSX agent installer and you will be able to deploy this installer on your computers using Apple Remote Desktop, scripts files or OCS Inventory NG package deployment feature (for MacOSX agent upgrade). Using this installer, you will be able to deploy or upgrade OCS MacOSX agent in a automated way.

Using OCS Inventory NG Packager for MacOSX

Note: OCS MacOSX Packager agent need Mac OS 10.10 and newer.

Warning: To be able to use OCS MacOSX Packager for MacOSX, you have to download an OCS MacOSX agent installation file from OCS Inventory NG website download page (http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/#download-en).

Download OCS MacOSX Packager for MacOSX from OCS Inventory NG website download page (http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/#download-en), unzip the file and double click Ocsinventory_MacOSX_Packager.app.

Mac OSX packager configuration window

First of all, choose an OCS MacOSX installer package path by clicking the Browse button.

Mac OSX packager configuration choose package

Set your custom OCS MacOSX agent configuration by choosing serveral options:

  • Http or https for OCS MacOSX agent communication to OCS server ("http" by default).
  • OCS server server name ("ocsinventory-ng" by default).
  • OCS MacOSX agent TAG value (optional).
  • Log file path for OCS MacOSX agent ("/var/log/ocsng.log" by default).
  • Activate or Unactivate OCS MacOSX agent debug mode for logs (activated by default).
  • Activate or Unactivate OCS MacOSX agent packages download feature (activated by default).
  • Activate or Unactivate OCS MacOSX agent lazy mode (inactivated by default).
  • Periodicity for OCS MacOSX agent to be launched by Launchd daemon (5 hours by default).
  • Activate or Unactivate OCS MacOSX agent launch at Launchd daemon start (activated by default).
  • Activate or Unactivate OCS MacOSX agent launch, using Launchd daemon, after OCS agent installation (unactivated by default)

You can set a certificate file path using the Browse Button (mandatory if you activate OCS MacOSX agent packages download feature). Certificate file must be named as "cacert.pem".

Mac OSX packager configuration choose cacert

Once you set your custom configuration, click on Next button to validate configuration.

If you do not set a path for OCS MacOSX installer package, you will have this warning:

Mac OSX packager configuration package warn

Warning: OCS MacOSX installer package path is mandatory !

If you activate OCS MacOSX agent packages download feature without specifying a certificate file path, you may have this warning:

Mac OSX packager configuration download warn

Warning: If you activate OCS MacOSX agent packages download feature without specifying a certificate file path, OCS MacOSX agent packages download feature won't work !!!

Mac OSX packager export window

Set export options for generated package:

  • Choose an export path by clicking on the Browse button
  • Specify a custom filename if needed ("ocspackage.pkg" by default)

Mac OSX packager export choose export

If you do not set a export path, you will have this warning:

Mac OSX packager export path warn

Warning: export path is mandatory !

If you already have a same named file in export path, you will have this warning:

Mac OSX packager export package already exists warn

Note: Click Yes if you want to replace existing file. Click No if you do not want to replace existing file and choose an othe export path.

When your custom OCS MacOSX agent installer has been generated, you will have this message:

Mac OSX packager end notification

A custom OCS MacOSX agent installer file has been created in export path you set in last window.

Deploying generated package

You now have your custom OCS MacOSX agent installer file and you will be able to deploy it for a first OCS MacOSX agent install or for OCS MacOSX agent upgrade. You will be able to deploy this installer using several tools:

  • Command line ( using script for example)
  • Apple Remote Desktop
  • OCS MacOSX agent (for upgrade only)

Using command line

You can use command line or scripts to deploy your custom OCS MacOSX agent installer file. The better way is to use the installer command provided by MacOSX. You can use the installer command like this:

installer -pkg ocspackage.pkg -target /

In this example, our custom installer file is named as ocspackage. You will need to use sudo or to be root to be able to use this command. OCS MacOSX agent will be installed on your MacOSX system without interaction.