Installing Mac VPP App via script

[casafrancisco]

Hi everyone,

We have a couple apps that are on our Self Service that are VPP applications. I am trying to simplify our Deployment process and wanted to see if anyone knows if there is a way to install an App in Self Service via a script.

I am creating a policy in which it calls the custom triggers I need and runs a couple scripts. But with the remaining apps that are VPP apps I wanted to send a command to install them automatically so we don't need to install them individually. One of the apps for example is Slack.

Trying to get us to 1 Touch Deployment, then wittle away to try and accomplish zero-touch!

[ThijsX]

VPP apps scopted to computers and installed automatically are only being installed after an RECON, as far i know there is not currently an other way to trigger those apps.

You can do something like this?

#!/bin/zsh

appTitle="Slack"

if [ -d /Applications/"${appTitle}".app ]
then
    if [ -d /Applications/"${appTitle}".app/Contents/_MASReceipt/ ]
    then
        result="${appTitle} is already installed through VPP/Appstore"
    else
        result="${appTitle} is not installed through VPP/Appstore, going to do a recon to trigger an install."
        /usr/local/bin/jamf recon
    fi
else
    result="Cannot find ${appTitle}.app overall, going to do a recon to trigger an VPP Install."
    /usr/local/bin/jamf recon
    fi

echo "<result>$result</result>"

[casafrancisco]

Thanks @txhaflaire I'll give this a try.

I also just thought of an idea if that doesn't work. I could write a script to touch a file, and use an EA to check if that file exists. Then create a smart group for if that EA is populated.

[tlarkin]

You can use Spotlight for this, to return all the installed apps that are from the App Store. You would have to code a lot of logic around calling the manual trigger if they weren't present on the filesystem.

mdfind -onlyin /Applications/ -name "kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt = 1 && kMDItemKind = Application"
/Applications/Keynote.app
/Applications/Xcode.app

Those are the only 2 App store apps on my Mac currenlty.

[JamfMyMac]

not sure about you guys.. have you tried

Computers > Mac Apps Store Apps > The VPP App > Install Automatically option.

I have this setup with our Office 365.. My issue is that we cant control when this gets installed. I wish JAMF could fix this.
In other words. it would auto push on its own schedule..
While typing this.. i just thought we can create Smart Group and scope it to machines who dont have office 365.. hmmm or just finished enrollment process....