Install package (msi) to place PC into certain computer group?

Avast Business Avast Distributed Network Manager
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I’ve made an .msi install package for deployment to PCs outside our firewall. The AMS address is set to the outside IP of the AMS. When the install finishes, it contacts the AMS, joins the root Computer Catalog, and the AMS address is overwritten by the value in the root catalog which in this case is the inside IP of the AMS. The remote clients can no longer communicate with the AMS.

I have found that I have to manually move the client to a sub-group (which has the correct IP) and on the client manually run aswchams.exe {public IP} to get the client to talk to the AMS again.

SO… If I can cause the install file to add the PC to the correct container, I can avoid those manual steps.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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Hi Dave,

Welcome to the avast forum,

According to your problem, i may suggest you :

  1. You should create a different package installation (.msi) and defined the AMS server name or address when you try to create package. After that you may identify and put the different name for different AMS server

  2. For existing remote user, you may also rename the update server either by move the client in ADNM, or manually change the script inside of avast NetClient which’s already installed

Just feel free to choice which one you feel more convenience…

cheers,