Prestage Windows BigFix Installer
Learn how to prestage and deploy the latest version of the BigFix agent for Windows on the MDM Server.
If the Windows BigFix installer package is prestaged on the MDM server, after for Windows endpoints are enrolled to MDM, you can also deploy the BigFix agent on enrolled devices.
Before you begin: Before prestaging, you must create a custom MSI package. This is because, for installing the BES server installation on Windows, the installer copies a BigFix agent in to the BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\ClientMSI folder, but without a masthead (configuration profile for the BigFix agent). After a general BigFix installation, you can find the base MSI on the BigFix server. You must customize this MSI package by including the site masthead, and if required, set the Authenticating Relay information insider the installer to deploy the BigFix agent through WebUI.
A. Prepare custom BigFix agent MSI package
To prepare a custom BigFix agent MSI package, complete the following steps:- Locate the BigFix agent .msi file that is installed with the server component. (By default, it is in BES Installers\ClientMSI\BigFixAgent.msi).
- Copy the masthead.afxm file and the BigFixAgent.msi file into a new folder on a Windows machine to add the masthead to the BigFixAgent.msi file.
- Run the
BESClientSetupMSI.exe
command and follow the instructions from the installer to add the masthead. - Optionally add authenticating relay command details if you have an
authenticating relay
BESClientSetupMSI.exe /secureregistration <RELAY_PASSWORD> /relayserver1 http://<RELAY_HOST>:52311/bfmirror/downloads/ <TARGET_MSI>
to the BigFixAgent.msi file.Result: Customized BigFixAgent.msi file ready to be prestaged becomes available on the Windows machine at the folder you have selected.
B. Prestage BigFix installer for Windows
To pre-stage Bigfix installer for , complete the following steps:-
From the WebUI main page, click
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On the Modern Client Management page, click. The following page appears:
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Click Add File and select the prepared custom BigFixAgent.msi file from the Windows machine.
- Click Deploy.