[KB8576] Install ESET Inspect Connector from a Windows command line

Issue

• Prerequisites
• Install from a Windows command line
• Assign policy

Solution

Prerequisites 

• Deploy ESET Management Agent
• Deploy ESET Endpoint product
• Activate ESET Inspect Connector with an "ESET Inspect" license. To do this, create a Product Activation task or contact your ESET PROTECT On-Prem Administrator.

Install ESET Inspect Connector from a Windows command line

1. Download the installer file (select 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the system type).
   
   
2. Open the command line and navigate to the downloaded file.
   
   
3. Run the command using attributes in the table below, or use the following example with altered attributes.
   

   Command line example:

   msiexec /i ei_connector_nt32_ENU.msi P_HOSTNAME="192.168.5.21" P_PORT="8093" P_PATH_TO_CERT_AUTH="C:\repo\Component\Products\Inspect Server\Src\test\http_server\certs\ca_store\ca.cert.der"

   
   You can use several attributes with the installer using the silent mode during installation. The hostname is required:
   
   

   Attribute	Description	Required	Default value
   APPDIR	Used to set directory under which application will be installed		C:\Program Files(x86)\ESET\ESET Inspect Connector\ for 32-bit OS and C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Inspect Connector\ for 64-bit
   P_HOSTNAME	Used to set host, on which ESET Inspect Server is installed	Yes	localhost
   P_PORT	Used to set the number of the port on which ESET Inspect Server is listening for data from ESET Inspect Connectors		8093
   APPDATADIR	The directory used to store logs and additional output files		C:\ProgramData\ESET\Inspect Server\
   P_PATH_TO_CERT_AUTH	The absolute path to the Certificate Authority file on the target PC. Currently, URLs are not supported. Mounted remote drives like \\store03 should work. Multiple files can be separated by char ';'
   P_IS_SERVER_ASSISTED	If you do not have the Certificate Authority present, set this parameter to 1 (P_IS_SERVER_ASSISTED=1) for server-assisted installation. If this parameter is used user does not need to use P_PATH_TO_CERT_AUTH
   P_INSTALL_CANARY_FILES	If enabled, the installer will generate a canary file and place it in a hidden directory. Setting this value to 0 (zero) skips file generation.		1