<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
open-source	O
tools	O
which	O
manage	O
software	O
installation	O
and	O
configuration	O
when	O
used	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
web	O
server-based	O
repository	O
of	O
packages	O
and	O
package	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
typically	O
used	O
by	O
system	B-Application
administrators	I-Application
who	O
need	O
to	O
manage	O
software	O
installations	O
on	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
computers	O
,	O
typically	O
in	O
enterprise	O
and	O
education	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
,	O
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
use	O
any	O
web	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
specific	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
,	O
but	O
write	O
permissions	O
for	O
directories	O
and	O
files	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
are	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
install	O
software	O
delivered	O
as	O
standard	O
Apple	O
packages	O
-	O
the	O
same	O
kind	O
of	O
packages	O
,	O
that	O
when	O
double-clicked	O
,	O
open	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Installer.app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
install	O
software	O
from	O
disk	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
cases	O
,	O
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
remove	O
the	O
software	O
it	O
has	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
update	O
software	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
install	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
install	O
Apple	O
Software	O
Updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
munki	B-Operating_System
needs	O
to	O
function	O
is	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
web	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munki	B-Operating_System
uses	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
data	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
these	O
are	O
just	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
packages	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
actuality	O
Munki	B-Operating_System
can	O
install	O
from	O
things	O
that	O
are	O
n't	O
strictly	O
Apple	O
Installer	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Munki	B-Operating_System
administrator	O
,	O
build	O
these	O
catalogs	O
using	O
tools	O
provided	O
with	O
Munki	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
've	O
administered	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
machines	O
,	O
you	O
've	O
almost	O
certainly	O
encountered	O
plist	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
