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Sophos Central Endpoint: Installer command line options for Windows and Mac full installer

RyanHosiassohn

Hey Guys, 

 

Is there anyway to install the full package from one machine onto multiple machines ? 

I came accross this article : 

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/127045

 

So in short, We have over 2000 Hosts I would like to deploy the installation to. The batch scripts have never worked for me and always end up getting errors. 

Can we have a full installation on one host and do a batch command line script as mentioned above and then itll grab it from there ? 

 

I did try but perhaps Im doing it incorrectly with the commands. 

 

Thanks 

Ryan



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    You nIf you want to create a "full" installer to speed up deployment, the local install source option should help:

    https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/127045

    As an example, on a USB drive (could be a network location I guess) you might have:

    • SophosSetup.exe
      As downloaded from Sophos Central.

    • SophosInstall.bat
      A new batch file that will be run by the admin that will call SophosSetup.exe with correct switches.

    • A new directory in the root of the drive called LocalSophosWarehouse with a sub-directory called SophosLocalInstallSource.

    Where:
    The SophosLocalInstallSource directory is a copy of the Warehouse directory from a completed and ideally up to date installation renamed.

    E.g. From a working computer copy
    %programdata%\sophos\autoupdate\data\warehouse to the USB stick in the directory LocalSophosWarehouse. Then rename the warehouse directory to be called SophosLocalInstallSource.

    The batch file (e.g. SophosInstall.bat) then might contain something like the following one-liner:
    SophosSetup.exe --products=all --quiet --localinstallsource=%CD:~0,3%LocalSophosWarehouse

    If you open the cloud install log as found under:
    %ProgramData%Sophos\CloudInstaller\Logs\ it will have the following line to prove the local location is in use:
    INFO : Using local install source: G:\\LocalSophosWarehouse\\SophosLocalInstallSource

    I hope that helps with one idea for deployment.

    Jak

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    You nIf you want to create a "full" installer to speed up deployment, the local install source option should help:

    https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/127045

    As an example, on a USB drive (could be a network location I guess) you might have:

    • SophosSetup.exe
      As downloaded from Sophos Central.

    • SophosInstall.bat
      A new batch file that will be run by the admin that will call SophosSetup.exe with correct switches.

    • A new directory in the root of the drive called LocalSophosWarehouse with a sub-directory called SophosLocalInstallSource.

    Where:
    The SophosLocalInstallSource directory is a copy of the Warehouse directory from a completed and ideally up to date installation renamed.

    E.g. From a working computer copy
    %programdata%\sophos\autoupdate\data\warehouse to the USB stick in the directory LocalSophosWarehouse. Then rename the warehouse directory to be called SophosLocalInstallSource.

    The batch file (e.g. SophosInstall.bat) then might contain something like the following one-liner:
    SophosSetup.exe --products=all --quiet --localinstallsource=%CD:~0,3%LocalSophosWarehouse

    If you open the cloud install log as found under:
    %ProgramData%Sophos\CloudInstaller\Logs\ it will have the following line to prove the local location is in use:
    INFO : Using local install source: G:\\LocalSophosWarehouse\\SophosLocalInstallSource

    I hope that helps with one idea for deployment.

    Jak

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