What this is:
A WAN-specific(__although pkgs could be served from anywhere__)server component for the Munki project.
http://munki.googlecode.com
Munki is the engine and the great front-end, friendly, user-facing GUI which offers optional(self-service) installs, mandatory installs, and removals(with a certain amount of elbow-grease).
You can approve and serve all packages, or point Apple Software Updates at Apple's servers if desired.
What this is not:
A replacement for Fink, Macports, Homebrew, Babushka, Puppet, Chef, the Casper suite, Absolute Manage(formerly LANRev), Filewave, KACE, Radmind, or Apple Mac OS X Server's Software Update Service. This can be used in conjunction with any of the above, and is extensible for large corporate IT needs.
EDIT: currently Simian does not support serving pkgs from any location, but that is planned in the upcoming features, and is currently a capability of Munki when rolling your own webserver - Thanks to @glarizza http://code.google.com/p/simian/#Upcoming_Features
Munki is the engine and the great front-end, friendly, user-facing GUI which offers optional(self-service) installs, mandatory installs, and removals(with a certain amount of elbow-grease). You can approve and serve all packages, or point Apple Software Updates at Apple's servers if desired.
What this is not: A replacement for Fink, Macports, Homebrew, Babushka, Puppet, Chef, the Casper suite, Absolute Manage(formerly LANRev), Filewave, KACE, Radmind, or Apple Mac OS X Server's Software Update Service. This can be used in conjunction with any of the above, and is extensible for large corporate IT needs.
EDIT: currently Simian does not support serving pkgs from any location, but that is planned in the upcoming features, and is currently a capability of Munki when rolling your own webserver - Thanks to @glarizza http://code.google.com/p/simian/#Upcoming_Features