Carbon Black Cloud: How to Perform an Unattended Installation of the Windows Sensor

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Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Console: All Versions
• Carbon Black Cloud Sensor: 3.8.x and Higher
• Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions

Objective

Provide information and how to perform an unattended installation of the Windows sensor

Resolution

1. Download the Windows sensor Kit.
2. Obtain your Company Registration Code
3. From an elevated command prompt, run:

msiexec /q /i C:\Users\UserFolderName\Desktop\installer_vista_win7_win8-32-3.3.0.953.msi /L*v log.txt COMPANY_CODE=XYZ 

NOTE: For Authentication Access, VDI(Citrix and Horrison), and advance configurations; see additional notes.

Additional Notes

• For more examples reference Windows Command Line Install on Endpoints — Examples (vmware.com)
• For a full list of supported parameters reference: Windows Sensor Supported Commands
• Unattended installations require the use of '/quiet' or '/qn' and the 'COMPANY_CODE' parameters.
• If 'COMPANY_CODE' is not used, and '/quiet' or '/qn' is specified. The installation will fail with no visible feedback.
• If '/quiet' or '/qn' is not used, the user will be presented with a GUI asking for the company code, even if the 'COMPANY_CODE' parameter is used.
• For more information regarding msiexec reference: Windows Sensor Command Line Parameters (vmware.com) and msiexec | Microsoft Learn

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