NOTE: This instance of Outset is decommissioned and you should start using the Swift-based Outset 4.0 available on the macadmins repo.
Outset is a script which automatically processes packages, profiles, and scripts during the boot sequence, user logins, or on demand.
- macOS 10.15+
- python 3.7+
If you need to support 10.14 or lower, stick with the 2.x version.
python3 can be installed from one of these sources:
If none of these are on disk, then fall back to Apple's system python3, which can be installed via the Command Line Tools.
Outset no longer supports python 2, which was sunsetted on Jan 1, 2020. If you choose to continue to use python 2, you'll want to create the symlink via other means, with something like:
/bin/ln -s /usr/bin/python /usr/local/outset/python3
usage: outset [-h]
(--boot | --login | --login-privileged | --on-demand | --login-every | --login-once | --cleanup | --version | --add-ignored-user username | --remove-ignored-user username | --add-override scripts | --remove-override scripts)
This script automatically processes packages, profiles, and/or scripts at
boot, on demand, and/or login.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--boot Used by launchd for scheduled runs at boot
--login Used by launchd for scheduled runs at login
--login-privileged Used by launchd for scheduled privileged runs at login
--on-demand Process scripts on demand
--login-every Manually process scripts in login-every
--login-once Manually process scripts in login-once
--cleanup Used by launchd to clean up on-demand dir
--version Show version number
--add-ignored-user username
Add user to ignored list
--remove-ignored-user username
Remove user from ignored list
--add-override scripts
Add scripts to override list
--remove-override scripts
Remove scripts from override list
See the wiki for info on how to use Outset.
This script was an excuse for me to try to learn python. I learn best when I can pull apart existing scripts. As such, this script is heavily based on the great work by Nate Walck, Allister Banks, Rich Trouton, Graham Gilbert, and Greg Neagle.
Special thanks to @homebysix for working on the python3 compatibility release.
Copyright Joseph Chilcote
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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