Introduction
PDQ Connect can be used to deploy applications as custom packages to endpoints with an internet connection which have your Footprint agent installed. Below, you'll find instructions for how to create a custom package to deploy the Footprint agent using PDQ Connect.
PDQ Connect supports Windows 10/Windows Server 2016 or newer, and you may use Connect to deploy the Footprint agent onto these endpoints.
If you wish to install the Footprint Agent onto any older Windows endpoints (Windows 7+) in order to catalog their inherent vulnerabilities as operating systems past their end-of-support, you may install the Footprint onto these endpoints manually by following the steps described in this article.
Download the Footprint Agent for Windows installer
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Log into your Footprint Instance
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On the left bar, click Scan Surface.
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On the top menu, click Agent-based Surface.
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If Agent-based Surface does not appear here, you may need to enable this feature.
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Browse to Settings | Client Settings.
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Locate the Installation Mode, and select Enable Agent-based.
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Click Just enable the features.
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You can then return to Scan Surface and click Agent-based Surface.
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Switch to the Setup agents tab.
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On the Use Footprint Agents to gain more insights on your organization's internal security page, on the right side, you will see two important pieces of information which you will need to set up each endpoint:
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🌐Footprint Management URL (This is the URL of your Footprint instance)
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🔑Footprint Agent Token (a unique alphanumeric token which your Internal Scanner VM will use to communicate with your Footprint environment)
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Under the Windows logo, click Get | Download MSI Installer.
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Save the .msi file to a new, empty folder.
Create a package in PDQ Connect
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Log into PDQ Connect at https://app.pdq.com .
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On the left bar, click Packages.
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In the top right corner, click Create package.
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Enter a Name and Version for the package.
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Click Add install step.
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On the Install step page, click Attach installer. Browse to the Detect Agent installer MSI you saved above, and click Open. The file will upload.
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When the upload is complete, enter the following under Arguments, making sure to include the correct values for your Footprint Management URL and Footprint Agent Token.
/i "FootprintAgentInstaller.msi" /qn /L*V "output.log" SERVER_URL="https://codacloud.net"
TOKEN="112233445566aabbccddeeffgg"
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Click Save.
Deploy the package
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Log into PDQ Connect at https://app.pdq.com .
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On the left bar, click Devices.
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Select one or more devices or groups, and then click Deploy in the top right corner.
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In the Create deployment window, search for the package you've created, and then select it.
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Click Deploy.
For more detailed deployment instructions and options in Connect, see Deploying Packages. -
After you deploy the Application Pack and it has installed
successfully onto an endpoint, you can view the deployed agent(s) in Footprint under Scan Surface | Agent-based Surface | Deployed agents.
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