You can deploy the agent installation package to your host endpoints the same way that your enterprise installs any other software. Trellix clients have successfully used a wide variety of software management utilities, such as BigFix and SCCM (in Windows environments), to deploy the agent software on their endpoints. See Software management utility installation Notes.
Important
Trellix recommends that you deploy your Endpoint Security (HX) server before deploying your agent software on your managed endpoints.
Trellix recommends that you manually install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) on a few host machines and test them according to your enterprise’s existing policies before you deploy the agent to all your host machines.
Trellix also recommends that you test the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) on host endpoints with other third-party applications to ensure there are no performance or compatibility issues between the agent software and your third-party applications.
Agent installation package for windows and macOS endpoints
Trellix’s universal agent installation package is a .zip file (Windows) . The .zip file (Windows environments) and .dmg file (macOS environments) both contain the agent installation and the agent configuration file. The Windows installation file is a standard .msi file. The agent configuration file is an agent_config.json file that specifies server settings for the agent. Generally, both files must be in the same folder on any machines on which you want to install the agent. However, you can use the CONFJSONDIR installation option to specify an alternate location for the configuration file.
Agent installation package for Linux endpoints
The .tgz file (Linux environment) includes the RedHat Package Manager (.rpm) and Debian package (.deb) install packages, and the agent configuration file (agent_config.json).
The following table lists the specific agent installation file required to install the agent software on each supported Linux operating system version and the supported deployment scenario for each installation file.
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