Technical Tip: Windows Collector Basic Msiexec commands and parameters
| Description | This article describes Basic MSI Commands. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scope | FortiEDR. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solution | Basic Commands
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Installer parameters
When a collector is downloaded it has all the configuration for
the environment. Please use the following ONLY if the msi needs to be configured.
To set a property, add PROPERTY=value to the command line.
| Name | Description / Use | Notes |
| PWD | registration password | The password used to register with the aggregator. Required to stop and uninstall collector |
| UPWD | uninstall password | Used during silent uninstall |
| EPWD | registration password | Encrypted registration password. Used by silent installer generator. |
| AGG | aggregator address | The aggregator address in format ip:port or hostname:port |
| GWADDR | gateway address | The ip of the machine the core is running on. Only for core installer. |
| DEFGROUP | default group | The default group for collector to be registered to. Optional. |
| ORG | organization | The organization the collector or core belongs to |
| RMCONFIG | remove program data | During uninstall, if this property is set will remove the program data directory |
| ALT | altitude | Set the default altitude value |
| VDI | use vdi | Set vdi to true |
| NEEDREBOOT | disable until reboot | Set "SOFTWARE\\enSilo\\Options\\DisableUntilReboot" to 1 |
| FORCE=1 | corruption check | Check msi in windows installer cache for corruption. |
o Installer Files
- These can be requested and downloaded from the management console under Administration -> Licensing -> Request Collector Installers .
o Note: Choose the DNS option when selecting the aggregator.