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The following tools are currently used by Google to manage over 64,000 Apple devices with less than a dozen people.  They mentioned to avoid sourceforge (because it is full of malware) and
to use github instead.

[[https://git-scm.com/][git - free and open source distributed version control system]]

[[https://code.google.com/p/pymacadmin][A collection of Python utilities for Mac OS X system administration]]

[[http://prometheus.io][an open-source service monitoring system and time series database]]

[[https://github.com/google/macops][Utilities, tools, and scripts for managing and tracking a fleet of Macintoshes in a corporate environment]] or
[[https://github.com/google/macops/tree/master/][this site]]
   * *can_haz_image* - automation tool for creating images
   * *crankd* - extras crankd to log application usage
   * *deprecation_notifier* - a nagging utility intended to provoke users into doing major OS upgrades
   * *factor* - a simple fact for tracking application usage
   * *gmacpyutil* - python modules with useful methods for managing and controlling Macintosh computers
   * *macdestroyer* - a package that attempts to render the target machine unbeatable
   * *planb* - a host remediation program for managed Macs.  Securely downloads disk images from your server and installs contained packages
   * *run_it* - a utility to measure the system impact of a process
   * *simian* - is an enterprise-class Mac OS X software deployment solution
   * *Munki* - is a set of package management tools
   * *Munki-in-a-box* - [[https://github.com/tbridge/munki-in-a-box][a quick and fill repository for Munki with !AutoPKG]]
   * *santa* - is a binary whitelisting/blacklisting solution for Mac OS X -  monitors execution and notifies user that a binary is blocked
   * *cauliflower vest* - is an end-to-end solution for automatically enabling and escrowing keys for !FileVault2
   * *pymacadmin* - is another collection of python utilities for Mac OS X

coming soon:
   * *installer* - netboot in obj-c 
   * *macrestore* - allows any mac to restore any other mac








-- Main.EdwardChrzanowski - 2015-07-22

Topic revision: r1 - 2015-07-22 - EdwardChrzanowski

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