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PackageChanger

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With the help or Ruby JSS, uses the API to list all or one the policies in which a package appears and gives the ability to replace the package in all these policies.
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 Popularity
Downloads
7,307
Stars
4
Forks
0
Watchers
1
 Releases
Current version
0.3.1
Total releases
4
First release
2019-06-03
Latest release
2020-08-11
 Pull Requests
Open Pull Requests
2
Closed Pull Requests
0
Merged Pull Requests
3
Pull Request Acceptance Rate
60%
 Development
Primary Language
Ruby
Licenses
MIT
Average date of last 50 commits
2019-12-21
Reverse Dependencies
0

 Dependencies

Development

bundler
~> 2.0
minitest
~> 5.0
rake
>= 12.3.3
ruby-jss
~> 1.0, >= 1.2.3

Runtime

ruby-jss
~> 1.0, >= 1.2.3
 Project Readme

PackageChanger

Using Ruby-JSS to work with the JSS API, PackageChanger lists the policies in which a package is used and gives the ability to change this package for a new one, and since version 0.3 also has the ability to work with JSS Patch Policies.

Installation

$ gem install PackageChanger

Basic Usage

Once installed, create a configuration file in /etc/packagechanger.conf

You can copy a sample file from the data folder inside the installation path of PackageChanger and fill the JSS URL, User and Password.

Once configured, you can use it:

packagechanger [--silent] [--policy PolicyID] --old OldPackageName --new NewPackageName || --list ListedPackage

The PolicyID can be either the numeric ID of a JSS policy, or its name between quotes.

Run the first execution with sudo, or change the mode of the file /private/var/log/packagechanger.log so all users can write to it.

Working with Patch Policies

PackageChanger works only with titles that are already configured in the Patch Management section of JSS. These titles require:

  • A version, provided from the patch source
  • A package existing in the JSS
  • Policies for general deployment and testing

Configuration

The patch policies are selected by PackageChanger using a keyword that must be present in the configuration file:

testers_keyword: Testers

release_keyword: General

If no patch policy has the defined keyword, PackageChanger will fail.

Usage

A patch management title with an existing version can have a package assigned using:

PackageChanger --patch [Title] --version [Version number] --new [Full name of the package]

Once a version has an assigned package, it can be marked for deployment to a test policy by:

PackageChanger --test [Title] --version [Version number]

And can be released for general deployment with:

PackageChanger --release [Title] --version [Version number]

The release and test flags will fail if no patch policies exist for the specified title, using the keywords defined in the config file.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/Bearzooka/PackageChanger.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.