Deploy Software not in Software Management Repo

thardin
thardin Member Posts: 2 ✭
in Automations

I want to be able to add software that I might download and use Software Management to deploy that software on PC. Ive only been able to deploy software using the tool that shows up in the drop down. How do I add external software and get it to install via Chocolaty?

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  • Samuel MONIER
    Samuel MONIER Member, Cerified Business Partner Posts: 22 ✭✭✭

    Hi @thardin
    You have several solutions :

    1 - The most graphical and managed solution :
    Need to upgrade on SuperPower (MSP) or Enterprise (ITD) plan.
    On these plans, you can add your own repository to store exe and msi, and use it with Chocolatey into Atera. By example, create a Nuget server into Azure Artifact. Price is low (2€/GB storage with 2GB for free), and simple to configure (less than 30 minutes to create that without any skill).

    2 - The simpliest solution :
    You can create a script (in admin part) but you also can upload a script. And when uplaod a script, you can attach a msi or exe file. Specify the silent and other needed arguments, and launch the script. Be carefull to the limitation of max file size, and data transfer quote depending on your offer.

    3 - The technical solution :
    Create powershell script wich download an installation file (on a web storage, or a local shared storage) and launch the execution by using the good arguments into the script.


    Depending on who need to manage that (first solution is the easier to manage, other are more technical) and your script skills.
    But all these solutions are working well 😉

  • thardin
    thardin Member Posts: 2 ✭

    I appreciate the response. Ive used scripts with it before and I wanted to try and use this solution since we have it deployed before I switched to something like Ansible. ]

    For the second solution does the msi/exe get pushed to the machine Im wanting to install it on or where does the actual install files rest? Can I have them install from say a shared network drive, say for example //NAS/Program.exe ? I dont care to use powershell, just wasnt sure the best way to do it with the current setup I have.

  • Samuel MONIER
    Samuel MONIER Member, Cerified Business Partner Posts: 22 ✭✭✭

    @thardin On the second solution, exe file will be upload on the target device, from Atera's repository.
    To launch an exe file from a NAS, that's the third solution. You just need to use a powerhell script to do that.

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