Munki- deploy DMG Files

[kidpressingbuttons]

Got Munki set up and working on my mac environment. PKG files will download and install automatically, works amazing!

However cant do the same with DMG files- I can list them to be installed from the software page but they will not install automatically.

 

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[AntonioRocco]

You can't install DMGs as these are disk images. Within the DMG should be an installer file. Could be a PKG or MPKG which can be used with Munki. It could also be a proprietary installer file which may not be a PKG or MPKG. Your problem then is to create a PKG from that installer file and the other bits and pieces that installer needs. You can use the command line to create PKGs or 3rd-Party software such as Iceberg or Packages. You may struggle with either of these methods as they're not that intuitive in which case you have to think of another way of installing what's on the DMGs. It's possible the DMGs contain standalone applications such as Firefox. If that's the case you can simply copy the application to target macs using ARD's copy feature instead.