Run the recipes you have
Russet reads plist and YAML recipes, parent recipes, and overrides, and it implements AutoPkg’s built-in processors under the same names.
Russet
Run your AutoPkg recipes natively on macOS, Linux, and Windows, with the russet command and no Python runtime.
Russet is a native implementation of AutoPkg, the tool that Mac administrators
use to download software, package it, and import it into Munki. Russet runs
your existing recipes with the same preference keys and file locations, and
it doesn’t need Python. Its russet command accepts the same verbs and options
as the autopkg command. On macOS, it installs next to Python AutoPkg without
changing it, keeps the previous Russet installation so that you can roll back,
and also runs recipes on Linux and Windows.
What you can do with Russet
Section titled “What you can do with Russet”Install next to AutoPkg
Russet installs in its own folder with its own helper services, so Python AutoPkg keeps working. The installer keeps the previous Russet installation for rollback.
Skip the Python runtime
Russet is a single native executable, plus two helper services on macOS. It never runs Python processors or a bundled interpreter.
Verify what you run
Recipe overrides keep their parent recipe trust information, and Russet checks every recipe before it runs any of them.
Import into Munki
Russet generates Munki pkginfo files natively and rebuilds catalogs for file-based Munki repositories.
Run on Linux and Windows
Download, metadata, and Munki catalog recipes run on Linux and Windows, and platform-specific steps fail with a clear error.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”System requirementsCheck that your computer can run Russet.
Install RussetDownload, verify, and install the russet command.
QuickstartAdd a recipe repository, create an override, and run your first recipe.
Switch from Python AutoPkgReplace an existing AutoPkg installation and keep a way back.
About the name
Section titled “About the name”Russet takes its name from russet apples, whose rough skin has a rust-brown color. The name refers to Rust, the programming language that Russet uses.