Jamf Protect Package Management

If you have a Jamf Protect subscription and registered your Jamf Protect tenant with Jamf Pro, you can manage Jamf Protect packages directly from Jamf Pro. You can do the following: 

  • Enable automatic package deployment. 

  • Download the Jamf Protect package. 

  • Upload the Jamf Protect package to Jamf Pro for deployment via policy.

Preparing the Jamf Protect PKG for Deployment

To prepare the Jamf Protect PKG for deployment to new computers, you can use one of the following methods: 

  • Automatically deploy the PKG to any computers in the scope of a Jamf Protect plan configuration profile by selecting the Automatically deploy the Jamf Protect PKG with plans checkbox. This method is recommended and ensures that the Jamf Protect agent and plan are installed at the same time. 

  • Download the latest version of the Jamf Protect PKG from Jamf Pro, and then upload it to Jamf Pro.

Requirements

You must register your Jamf Protect tenant in Jamf Pro.For more information, see the Jamf Protect Integration with Jamf Pro section of this guide.

  1. In Jamf Pro, click Settings in the top-right corner of the page.
  2. Click Jamf Applications.
  3. Click Jamf Protect .
  4. Do one of the following in the Jamf Protect deployment section:

    • (Recommended) Select the Automatically deploy the Jamf Protect PKG with plans checkbox to allow Jamf Pro to automatically deploy the latest version of the Jamf Protect PKG to any computers in the scope of a Jamf Protect plan configuration profile. 

    • Click Download to obtain a local copy of the package that can be uploaded to Jamf Pro.

If you selected Automatically deploy the Jamf Protect PKG with plans, you can now configure the scope of your plans. No additional package upload steps are required.

If you clicked Download, the latest version of the Jamf Protect PKG downloads to your computer and can be uploaded to Jamf Pro.