Deploy Scripts Using Msiexec
See examples for deploying the GlobalProtect app, app settings, and scripts using
Msiexec on Windows endpoints.
On Windows endpoints, you can use the Windows Installer
(Msiexec) to deploy the GlobalProtect app, app settings, and scripts
that the app will run automatically (see
Customizable App Settings). To do so, use the following syntax:
msiexec.exe /i GlobalProtect.msi <SETTING>="<value>"
Msiexec is an executable program that installs or configures
a product from a command line. On systems running Microsoft Windows
XP or later releases, the maximum string length that you can use
at the command prompt is 8,191 characters.
This limitation
applies to the command line, individual environment variables (such
as the USERPROFILE variable) that are inherited by other processes,
and all environment variable expansions. If you run batch files
from the command line, this limitation also applies to batch file
processing.
For example, to deploy scripts that run at specific connect or
disconnect events, you can use syntax similar to the following examples:
Example: Use Msiexec to Deploy Scripts that Run
Before a Connect Event
For a script
that you can copy and paste, go
here.
msiexec.exe /i GlobalProtect.msi
PREVPNCONNECTCOMMAND="%userprofile%\pre_vpn_connect.bat c: test_user"
PREVPNCONNECTCONTEXT="user"
PREVPNCONNECTTIMEOUT="60"
PREVPNCONNECTFILE="C:\Users\test_user\pre_vpn_connect.bat"
PREVPNCONNECTCHECKSUM="a48ad33695a44de887bba8f2f3174fd8fb01a46a19e3ec9078b011
8647ccf599"
PREVPNCONNECTERRORMSG="Failed executing pre-vpn-connect action."
Example: Use Msiexec to Deploy Scripts that Run
at Pre-Connect, Post-Connect, and Pre-Disconnect Events
For a script that you can copy and paste, go
here.
msiexec.exe /i GlobalProtect.msi
PREVPNCONNECTCOMMAND="%userprofile%\pre_vpn_connect.bat c: test_user"
PREVPNCONNECTCONTEXT="user"
PREVPNCONNECTTIMEOUT="60"
PREVPNCONNECTFILE="C:\Users\test_user\pre_vpn_connect.bat"
PREVPNCONNECTCHECKSUM="a48ad33695a44de887bba8f2f3174fd8fb01a46a19e3ec9078b011
8647ccf599"
PREVPNCONNECTERRORMSG="Failed executing pre-vpn-connect action."
POSTVPNCONNECTCOMMAND="c:\users\test_user\post_vpn_connect.bat c: test_user"
POSTVPNCONNECTCONTEXT="admin"
POSTVPNCONNECTFILE="%userprofile%\post_vpn_connect.bat"
POSTVPNCONNECTCHECKSUM="b48ad33695a44de887bba8f2f3174fd8fb01a46a19e3ec9078b011
8647ccf598"
POSTVPNCONNECTERRORMSG="Failed executing post-vpn-connect action."
PREVPNDISCONNECTCOMMAND="%userprofile%\pre_vpn_disconnect.bat c: test_user"
PREVPNDISCONNECTCONTEXT="admin"
PREVPNDISCONNECTTIMEOUT="0"
PREVPNDISCONNECTFILE="C:\Users\test_user\pre_vpn_disconnect.bat"
PREVPNDISCONNECTCHECKSUM="c48ad33695a44de887bba8f2f3174fd8fb01a46a19e3ec9078b0
118647ccf597"
PREVPNDISCONNECTERRORMSG="Failed executing pre-vpn-disconnect action."
