Technical Tip: FSSO TS-Agent deployment via CLI

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Description
This article describes how to deploy FSSO TS-Agent via CLI.
This can be useful for automated (silent) installations that can be pushed on remote servers via GPO.
This feature is possible with the MSI installer version.

Solution
Example of CLI install switches/syntax.

TSAgent_Setup_5.0.0291.msi /qn COLLECTORAGENTLIST="x.x.x.x:8002,x.x.x.x:8002" PORTPOOLRANGES="15000-35000" MAXPORTRANGESPERSESSION="2" PORTNUMPERALLOC="200" LOGLEVEL="0" SSLMODE="1" PSK="P@$$w0rd!" /log "C:\temp\file.txt"

Configurable options.

COLLECTORAGENTLIST                      <----- IP addresses of FSSO Collector Agents with specified FSSO CA listening ports, separated by comma.

PORTPOOLRANGES                          <----- Port allocation pool range, in format 20000-39999.

MAXPORTRANGESPERSESSION                 <----- Maximum number of port allocation ranges .

PORTNUMPERALLOC                         <----- Maximum number of ports per port allocation range.

LOGLEVEL                                <----- TS-Agent logging level.

0 – Debug
1 – Info
2 – Warning
3 – Error
4 - None

SSLMODE                                 <----- Enable Secure Communication (only available with FortiAuthenticator).

1 – Enabled
2 - Disabled

PSK                                     <----- Secure Communication preshared key, required only when SSLMODE is set to enabled, secure communication to the FSSO Collector Agent.

Once the CLI command is executed, the log file shows the successful result (error status = 0):

MSI (s) (98:90) [16:13:59:537]: Product: Fortinet SSO Terminal Server Agent v5.0.0291 -- Installation completed successfully.

MSI (s) (98:90) [16:13:59:537]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Fortinet SSO Terminal Server Agent v5.0.0291. Product Version: 5.0.0291. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Fortinet. Installation success or error status: 0.

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