Installing the Smoothwall Monitor Managed Service Client for Windows Devices

This is a guide to deploying Monitor Managed Service in the Windows operating system.  You will need your unique organization ID to install Monitor.

You can get this from the Monitor portal, by going to your dashboard, clicking 'Edit' next to the relevant organization, and navigating to the License Information tab on the left hand side.  If you need help finding this please contact your account representative.

Procedure

You can choose to do this by either:

Creating a silent install using the command line

You can create an unattended installation to push the Monitor MS Client out to all network devices.

  1. To download your installer, open the Smoothwall Product Download page and under the Monitor Managed Service Client section, click the relevant version for your devices' operating system and location, and save it to a shared network location.

  2. Create a script that includes the following command line:
     msiexec /i "path-to-installer" ORGID="orgid" PROXY="proxy:port" /qn

    where:
    • path_to_installer is the full network path to the location of the relevant downloaded installation program.
    • orgid is the unique ID provided for your organization.
    • proxy is your organization proxy setting. This is OPTIONAL. If you don't provide a proxy, Monitor uses the device settings. If a connection using the proxy settings fails, Monitor attempts to connect directly.

    For example:

    msiexec /i \\mynetworkdrive\downloads\Visigo_x64.msi ORGID=123456789 /qn

Creating an active directory group policy object (GPO)

Using an Active Directory Group Policy Object (GPO), you can create an unattended installation to push the Monitor MS Client out to all network devices. For a detailed description of how to setup such a GPO, refer to your Active Directory documentation.

  1. To download your installer, open the Smoothwall Product Download page and under the Monitor Managed Service Client section, click the relevant version for your devices' operating system and location, and save it to a shared network location.

  2. Create a GPO policy that:

    • Deploys the Visigo_x64.msi (for Windows 64-bit)
    • Configures the following registry settings:

      Key Name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Smoothwall
      Value Name Value Type Value Data
      OrgID REG_SZ The unique ID provided for your organization.
      ProxyServer DWORD Your organization proxy setting. This field is OPTIONAL, if no proxy is provided Monitor MS will use the device settings. If connection using the proxy settings fails Monitor MS will attempt to connect directly. Format is ip.or.host:port

      Example registry setting for OrgID...
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