How to Configure and Deploy Netxms Agent

[roshferns2u]

Dear Sir

Your product is Great!!! Good work done.
I was able to install and configure most of the options in the server. Now I have 100 Plus workstations. Do you have a guide on howI can configure and push/ Deploy the agent installation.

Thanks.
Roshan

[victor]

Hello!

I assume you have Windows workstations. There are no built-in mechanisms for initial agent deployment (but there are centralized upgrade feature). For initial deployment, you should use Active Directory functionality or some third party product for software distribution. To assist in this task, agent installer can run in unattended mode. Agent installer has various command line options for unattended installation. These options are following:

/SILENT Don't show installation wizard, only a progress bar;
/VERYSILENT Don't show anything;
/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES Don't ask user anything;
/DIR=path Set installation directory (default is C:\NetXMS);
/SERVER=address Set address of master server (will be written to generated agent's configuration file as value for MasterServers parameter);
/SUBAGENT=name Enable subagent name;
/NOSUBAGENT=name Disable subagent name.

Valid subagent names are ECS, LOGWATCH, PING, PORTCHECK, WINPERF, and UPS. By default WINPERF is enabled and all others are disabled.
For example, to install agent silently (without any messages or progress bars), use Windows Performance and PING subagents, and set NetXMS management server address to 10.0.0.1, run the following command:

nxagent-1.0.0-rc2.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /SERVER=10.0.0.1 /SUBAGENT=PING

Best regards,
Victor

[Arnis]

Delimiter of Subagents(if need more than one) in Silent instalation?

[victor]

You can specify multiple /SUBAGENT=xxx options in command line.

Best regards,
Victor