You can use an enterprise-wide software deployment tool to install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software on your macOS endpoints. This section describes how to use JAMF Suite to capture and create a deployment package for Endpoint Security Agent (HX) version 22 or later and deploy the package to your macOS endpoints.
Important
The instructions provided in this section are sample instructions only, written using JAMF versions 9.91 and 9.97. The deployment steps you use may vary depending on the version of JAMF you use and your macOS endpoint environment.
JAMF deployments set the INSTALLSERVICE installation option to 2. When INSTALLSERVICE is set to 2 in macOS environments, host endpoint containment notifications do not work until the endpoint user logs off and logs in again.
To correctly use JAMF to install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software on your macOS endpoints, do not install the agent on the reference machine directly. Instead, extract the contents of the agent installation .dmg file and use JAMF to push the files to your endpoints. Next, run a script that installs the agent files on the macOS endpoints. For more information about using JAMF to deploy and install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software on your macOS endpoints, see this community article.
Note
JAMF deployment should only be attempted on macOS host endpoints using Endpoint Security (HX) software version 23.10.0 or 25 and later.
A JAMF Nation customer account that is linked to your organization.
A compatible version of JAMF Nation's JAMF Suite for your macOS endpoint environment.
A dedicated macOS, with a compatible version of JAMF Suite installed, to use for JAMF deployments.
Perform the following steps to deploy agent software to your macOS hosts using JAMF.
Task | Instructions |
|---|---|
1. Prepare a JAMF build system to use for software deployment. | |
2. Create a JAMF package from the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) macOS installation image. | |
3. Deploy the JAMF package to your macOS endpoint hosts using a JAMF policy. |