When Rich Trouton recently blogged about automating the setup of Server.app, we talked a bit about how it might apply to Munki in a Box. The idea of having a version that you could run entirely without having to have pre-loaded Server.app was attractive, as it would save steps.

On the heels of the work earlier this week with getting webappctl tamed for use at the command line, I had all the pieces necessary to complete the project, just a week after commissioning.

To use this script to its fullest, you need a copy of the AppStore Installer Package for Server.app (here’s how to grab it), as well as a good hostname to use for your server. That means the hostname needs to be ready in your DNS for the script to work. I suppose I could write a check for that, and will for beta 2.

But for now, 1.5.0 beta 1.