Deploying the agent using ManageEngine

This document describes steps required to create a package with Agent installer and configuration file to be deployed by ManageDeploy deployment solution.

Prerequisites

You must do the following:
  • Install 7zip or similar in any of the computers in your network to create a 7zip package of the installable files.
  • Edit agentInstaller.json to add configuration to the server.

Steps

To deploy software applications that have multiple installation files, which are located in different directories, follow the steps given below:

  1. Create a zipped file. Follow the steps given below:
    1. From the Windows Explorer, navigate to the base folder where the installable files are located. For example, C:\Software\AgentInstaller\.
    2. Select all the files using Ctrl+A.
    3. Right-click and select 7-Zip.
    4. Click Add to archive.
    5. Give an appropriate name for the archive and save it with the extension .7z.
  2. Add the package, which you want to deploy to the computers in your network, to Endpoint Central. Follow the steps given below:
    1. Click the Software Deployment tab.
    2. Click Add Package.
    3. Select the appropriate package type.
    4. Specify a name for the application.
    5. Select HTTP Path (URL).
    6. Upload the zipped file that you created in step 1
    7. Specify the Installation Command with Switches/Arguments as the relative path. For example: GVClient.3.3.2-Getvisibility-windows.msi CONFIGFILE=%~dp0installerConfig.json /quiet
    8. Click Add Package.
  3. Deploy the package to specific computers in your network. Follow the steps given below:
    1. Select the package that you added in step 2.
    2. Click Install/Uninstall Software.
    3. Create a configuration to install the software package.
    4. Select the target computers.
    5. Specify the schedule options if required.
    6. Click Deploy.