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  4. Setting up the CylancePROTECT agent
  5. Installing the CylancePROTECT Desktop agent for Windows
  6. Windows installation parameters

Windows installation parameters

The agent must be installed through GPO, SCCM, MSIEXEC, or a similar method. The following parameters are built in to the MSI installer. If an installation parameter is not defined, the default setting is used if available.
Property
Value
Description
PIDKEY
Installation Token
This is the installation token from your
CylanceON-PREM
 Console.
LAUNCHAPP
0 or 1
0: The system tray icon and the start menu folder are hidden at run-time.
1: The system tray icon and the start menu folder are visible at run-time. This is the default setting.
SELFPROTECTIONLEVEL
1 or 2
1: Only local administrators can make changes to the registry and services.
2: Only the system administrator can make changes to the registry and services. This is the default setting.
APPFOLDER
Target Installation Folder
This specifies the agent installation directory. The default location is: C:\Program Files\Cylance\Desktop.
REGWSC
0 or 1
0: The agent is not registered with Windows as an anti-virus program. This allows
CylancePROTECT Desktop
 and Windows Defender to run at the same time on the endpoint.
1: The agent is registered with Windows as an anti-virus program. This is the default setting.
InstallRegistrationURL
CylanceON-PREM
 URL
This is the URL for your
CylanceON-PREM
 console.
Example of third-level domain name: https://login.onprem.com
Example of second-level domain name: https://onprem.com
InstallTrustedSuffix
CylanceON-PREM
 URL suffix
This is the URL suffix for your
CylanceON-PREM
 console.
Example: example.com
InstallInfinityURL
CylanceON-PREM
 URL
This is the URL for your
CylanceON-PREM
 console.
You must set the Infinity URL to point to the
CylanceON-PREM
 server URL, which prevents the Agent from attempting to communicate with Cylance Infinity cloud.
Example of third-level domain name: https://login.onprem.com
Example of second-level domain name: https://onprem.com

MSI example

msiexec /i CylanceProtect_x64.msi /qn PIDKEY=YourInstallationToken LAUNCHAPP=1 InstallRegistrationURL=https://onprem.example.com InstallTrustedSuffix=example.com InstallInfinityURL=https://onprem.example.com

EXE example

CylanceProtectSetup.exe /s PIDKEY=YourInstallationToken LAUNCHAPP=1 InstallRegistrationURL=https://onprem.example.com InstallTrustedSuffix=example.com InstallInfinityURL=https://onprem.example.com