Distribution with PC Images
You can deliver the Action1 agent to new endpoints as part of a PC image. Once the image is deployed on a device, it will automatically have the Action1 agent installed and connected to Action1 Cloud. This approach is especially useful when setting up new workstations from scratch.
To create a PC image with a preinstalled agent:
- Install the Action1 agent on the computer that will serve as the image source. See Adding Endpoints Manually for more information.
- Stop the Action1 agent service. For that, navigate to Windows Administrative Tools | Services, right-click the Action1 Agent service, and select Stop.
- Clear the
agent.guidvalue in the Registry. For that, go to Windows Administrative Tools | Registry Editor, and navigate toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Action1.
NOTE: The agent.guid is unique for each installation. Two agents cannot share the same ID. If agent.guid is empty, a new unique value will be generated automatically the next time the service starts.
- Shut down the system without restarting the agent.
- Create a PC image.
Now, you have a distributable PC image with a preconfigured Action1 agent.
Troubleshooting: If the endpoints keep disappearing from the Endpoints list, ensure that the image you used has an empty value in agent.guid. Otherwise, agents will be conflicting. In case the image was created without clearing the Action1 agent unique ID value, you’ll need to reset it manually on all affected computers. To do it, stop the Action1 Agent service, remove the agent.guid value, and then start the service. The agent will automatically generate a new unique ID upon the start.