JNUC2019 Lab Session H Adding to Groups

Hands On, Real-time Classic API Using ruby-jss

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• Now we can add the computers we just created to the static group we just created!

• There are a couple of ways to add and remove members from static groups

• The original way is to add them individually by name or id

  • then save the group back to the JSS
  • We'll do that later in a script.

• The change_membership method is a little different from most methods that change objects.

  • It uses the ability of the API to add and remove group members directly and immediately

my_grp.change_membership add_members: new_comp_ids
# => array of member data

• the add_members: parameter takes an Array of any kind of identifiers; ids, names, serialnumbers, udids, etc

  • We already have an array of the ids of our computers: new_comp_ids

• There's no need to use save after using change_membership

  • the changes are immediately applied to the JSS

• You can also provide a remove_members: parameter to add and remove at the same time.

• you will get an error if you try to add something that doesn't exist in the JSS

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