A custom installation package is a folder with a set of files. The source to create a custom installation package is an archive file. The archive file contains a file or files that must be included in the custom installation package. Creating a custom installation package, you can specify command-line parameters, for example, to install the application in a silent mode.
To create a custom installation package:
In the console tree, select the Administration Server → Advanced → Remote installation → Installation packages.
A list of installation packages available on Administration Server is displayed.
Above the list of installation packages, click the Create installation package button.
The New Package Wizard starts. Proceed through the Wizard by using the Next button.
On the first page of the Wizard, select Create an installation package for the specified executable file.
On the next page of the Wizard, specify the custom installation package name.
On the next page of the Wizard, click the Browse button and, in a standard Windows Open window, choose an archive file located on the available disks to create a custom installation package.
You can upload a ZIP, CAB, TAR, or TAR.GZ archive. It is not possible to create an installation package from an SFX (self-extracting archive) file.
Files are downloaded to the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server.
On the next page of the Wizard, specify the command-line parameters of an executable file.
You can specify command-line parameters to install the application from the installation package in a silent mode. Specifying command-line parameters is optional.
Select this option if the executable file is accompanied with additional files required for the application installation. Before you enable this option, make sure that all of the required files are stored in the same folder. If this option is enabled, the application adds the entire contents of the folder, including the specified executable file, to the installation package.
The application will be installed with the recommended settings, if information about the specified application is contained in the Kaspersky database.
If you entered parameters in the Executable file command line field, they are rewritten with the recommended settings.
By default, this option is enabled.
The Kaspersky database is created and maintained by Kaspersky analysts. For each application that is added to the database, Kaspersky analysts define optimal installation settings. The settings are defined to ensure successful remote installation of an application to a client device. The database is updated on the Administration Server automatically when you run the Download updates to the repository of the Administration Server task.
The process to create the custom installation package starts.
The Wizard informs you when the process is finished.
If the custom installation package is not created, an appropriate message is displayed.
Click the Finish button to close the Wizard.
The installation package that you created is downloaded to the Packages subfolder of the Administration Server shared folder. After downloading, the custom installation package appears in the list of installation packages.