Get machine names and more from CSV file

Issue #651 new
Robin Laurén created an issue

Here’s a feature i might want in MDS: database support. And what i mean with this is that i can have a CSV file that contains serial numbers, hostnames and user accounts that should be configured to a computer when it’s installed using MDS. This way, i could have a single MDS “master” to install a bunch of computers, each getting the right name for the machine. I foresee that i would like to have one static local admin and one “designated user” for the machine. Or if i want to go paranoid, then one regular account for the user, one admin account for the user, and one admin account for the admins to use when things go as they eventually tend to.

Of course, it doesn’t have to be a CSV file. You can go as fancy or wild as you want and fetch from (and post to) an asset management system, an MDM, or whatever… but that’s for another ticket 🙂

Comments (1)

  1. Olivier EMSELLEM

    Hey
    I’ve made a script to auto-enroll computers from a csv file and using ARD fields.
    ongoing works but works as expected for quite some time.

    I use it as postinscall script of munkitools in MDM, or standalone script, post install .pkg script even in munki itself depending.. I do not manage user’s from the script but could be a good idea.

    https://github.com/oemden/munki-ard-csv-enroll

    Maybe it can help to name your computers

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