Casper Server Architecture and Design: one of Jamf's best-kept secrets.

bradtchapman
Valued Contributor II

Jamf produced a document called Casper Suite Architecture and Design that in my opinion should be required reading for rookie and veteran Jamf administrators looking to build out or scale up their Jamf architecture. It could also be a good review if you're thinking about taking the CJA class (something I plan to do in 2017).

The document, which does not appear to be published anywhere on Jamf's website, is a 15-page primer that includes an array of possible JSS architectures ranging from single-server solutions all the way up to multi-site installations with DMZ networks and clustering. Some of these designs were covered in the 2016 JNUC session, The Art of Scaling the JSS, presented by Jamf professional services engineers @Worley and @stevewelgoss.

I had been holding on to an older version shared by a fellow Jamf'er, but my TAM sent a revised edition a couple of days ago so I thought I would share it with all of you. Frankly, this document deserves a rightful place in the Jamf knowledge base.

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SeanA
Contributor III

I would agree. You may want to change this discussion post into a "feature request".

bradtchapman
Valued Contributor II

Done.

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/feature-requests/5508/

bradtchapman
Valued Contributor II

Done.

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/feature-requests/5508/

BelleFairy
New Contributor

Thanks mate! :)

swapple
Contributor III

Does anyone have the icons used in these documents broken out into a visio/omnigraffle/lucidchart file so we can customize one to our environment??

CSCC-JS
Contributor III

Thank you for this, were evaluating hosting vs on-site and this makes things a lot easier.