Depending on the security product you are using, perform these steps on the Domain Controller:
Create the install_config.ini
configuration script. It contains the parameters for the Agent to communicate with your ESET Security Management Center Server.
Open the ESET Security Management Center in your web browser and log in.
Click Installers → Create Installer → GPO or SCCM script.
Follow the script creation wizard and save the install_config.ini.
Download an earlier version of the ESET Management Agent installer .msi file from the ESET download page.
Save the Agent installer .msi
file and the install_config.ini
file to a shared folder on the domain controller so that all of your client computers can access it with read and execute permissions.
Continue with the section Deploy the ESET Management Agent using GPO below.
install_config.ini
configuration script. It contains the parameters for the Agent to communicate with your ESET PROTECT Server.
Click Installers → Create Installer.
Select Windows and select the Use GPO or SCCM for deployment option. Deselect the check box next to Participate in product improvement program if you do not want to help ESET to improve the product. Configure other settings such as Parent group, Server hostname, Port number (2222 by default), Peer Certificate, or Certificate passphrase if needed. Optionally, click Customize more settings to view other options. Click Finish.
Click the Configuration GPO/SCCM script icon and click your preferred Agent to download install_config.ini
file and Agent installer .msi
file respectively. When the download is completed, click Finish.
Alternatively, you can download the ESET Management Agent installer .msi file from the ESET download page.
Save the Agent installer .msi
file and the install_config.ini
file to a shared folder on the domain controller so that all of your client computers can access it with read and execute permissions.
Install Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on your Domain Controller server.
To open Group Policy Management, press the Windows key + R, type
gpmc.msc
and click OK.
Create a new Group Policy Object (GPO) to deploy the ESET Management Agents. Right-click Group Policy Objects and select New. Type a name in the Name field, for example, Agent deployment, and click OK.
Right-click Agent deployment GPO and click Edit.
In the Computer Configuration section, expand Policies → Administrative Templates: Policy definitions (ADMX files) retrieved from the local computer → System and click Logon. On the right side of the window, double-click Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon. In the dialog window, select Enabled and click OK.
Click Group Policy and on the right side of the window, double-click Specify startup policy processing wait time. In the dialog window, select Enabled and ensure that the Amount of time to wait (in seconds) is set to 120. You can set a different time to wait, but we recommend setting at least 30 seconds. Click OK.
Navigate to the location where the ESET Management Agent installer .msi
is saved. Type the full Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path of the shared installer package (for example, \\fileserver\share\filename.msi
) and click Open.
If you are deploying to 64-bit and 32-bit clients, repeat this step for both installer packages (Agent_x64.msi and Agent_x32.msi) and then follow the steps in Deploy ESET Management Agents to both 32-bit and 64 bit systems below.
See the Microsoft Knowledgebase instructions on how to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2008 (and later).
Download the latest version of ESET Management Agent. Rename the file to agent_x64_xxx.msi
(or agent_x32_xxx.msi
) where xxx
is the current version number.
Create a folder at a shared location that can be accessed by domain computers and rename the folder to ESET Agent xxx
where xxx
is the current version number. Move the ESET Management Agent installer and the install_config.ini
file to the folder.
Follow steps 12-15 above to create a new installation package. Select the location with the latest version of ESET Management Agent.
When you assign the package, GPO automatically detects the version number of the installer. To confirm that the latest package upgrades the earlier version double-click the latest package, click Upgrade and verify that the earlier package name is listed.