Command-Line Installation Parameters

 

You can use command-line parameters to customize your installation from an elevated Command Prompt (admin rights required).

Note that these parameters can be used for managed Windows devices only.

Main Parameters

• -i: install
• -u: uninstall
• -f: reboot after the install
• -e: reboot after the uninstall
• -c: make clonable (write clone key to registry; see Device Cloning for more information)
• -b: fix a bad clone (one that was started without setup -c already having been done; see Device Cloning for more information)
• -p: modify proxy information (server address and/or credentials)

Parameters Requiring Values

• -lid: locale id (English is value 1, e.g. -lid "1")
• -svr: policy server URL
• -sil "1": silent install of Business Agent
  • Currently, it is only possible to silently install the agent this way, not uninstall it.
• -tok: install authorization token
• -fav "1": force Antivirus reinstall
• -debug "1": install in debug - use only when guided by support

Proxy Parameters

• -pmi: proxy mode
• -pti: proxy type
• -pbi: proxy browser id
• -psa: proxy server authorization enabled
• -pai: proxy authorization id
• -psn: proxy server name
• -psu: proxy server username
• -psp: proxy server password (reversible-encrypted-pw)
• -ppt: proxy server port
• -pst: proxy script
• -rpp: raw proxy password

Example Commands

• Running a silent installation of the Business Agent: avast_business_agent_setup_online.exe -i -sil "1"
• Installing with specified authorization token, policy server URL, and language: -i -tok "71a55f420c9e4966bcb046933a750ca14ed84aff20c14adab493c6ea369a68be" -svr "https://bcons-core-prg.ff.avast.com:443/agent/" -lid "1"
• Running the setup with proxy server: -p -pmi "2" -ppt "8080" -psn "test.proxy.test"
  • If an installation package is created with a proxy server entered in the selected policy, this is not necessary.