MacAdmins is the premier East Coast conference for anyone who deploys and manages Macs and iOS devices. We are featuring 69 sessions and seven workshops with top notch speakers in the macOS and iOS deployment community. MacAdmins offers an incredible level of expertise, value, entertainment, and a great opportunity to network with your fellow admins! Visit our website.
Scripting aptitude is a fundamental tool in your typical Mac admin's utility belt. This session will go over the basics of scripting in python, offer some examples of how python can help you with your day to day work, and will finish up with an interactive session to build prototype automation tools.
In this session we will take a look at the command line interface for some of todays modern operating systems. Primarily looking at the unix based command lines of Linux and macOS. We will look at some basic commands that can make the life of a systems administrator a lot easier both on the machine and in your deployment systems.
Campus IT Security Specialist / Systems Administrator, Millersville University
I am currently the Campus IT Security Specialist / Systems Administrator at Millersville University. I have been on the IT staff at MU for 20 years. In my role as Security Specialist I manage our layers from vulnerability scanning to endpoint protection. I also hold other roles on... Read More →
Wednesday July 10, 2019 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
207215 Innovation Boulevard, State College, PA 16803
This is the place I am supposed to be telling you how long my history is in the IT/Apple world but AARP decided to send me a membership card today and that is a bit of a buzzkill so let's just say that I've had an opportunity to learn from and stand on the shoulders of some really... Read More →
Thursday July 11, 2019 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
208215 Innovation Boulevard, State College, PA 16803
A hands-on session where you will learn how to use Chef to manage your macOS machines. We will cover the basics of using API Cookbooks and testing changes.
Nate has been involved in the MacAdmin community and in various open source projects since 2010, including Munki, Puppet and Chef. Nate is part of the Client Platform Engineering team at Uber.
Thursday July 11, 2019 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
208215 Innovation Boulevard, State College, PA 16803
