Deploying Bitdefender using Manage Engine
You might be aware that you cannot directly deploy application to remote computers using manage engine directly as its .exe file does not work for this purpose. After going through some help articles on the web, I found this article which somewhat gives an idea of how it can be done.
However, it is kind of tough to follow the article and map it to our use case of deploying through manage engine.
Here is what I did for successful deployment:
- Install Orca.exe
Orca is a tool for creating and editing Windows Installer packages.
Download and run Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers
Select the MSI Tools checkbox when asked to select the features to be installed.
MSI Tools includes Orca.exe. Go to the folder where you downloaded the MSI tools, run and install the Orca MSI file eg. Orca-x86_en-us.msi
2. Download Bitdefender MSI wrapper from this link
Right-click the MSI template and select Edit with Orca. (if you cannot see this, recheck if you have installed Orca)
In Orca, navigate to Tables > Property.
In the right panel, locate GZ_PACKAGE_ID under the Property column.
Under the Value column, click the corresponding cell to enter a new value.
Insert the string between brackets from the installation package EXE file.
For example:
Installation package name:
setupdownloader_[aHR0cH-bGFuZz1lbi1VUw==].exe
GZ_PACKAGE_ID value:
aHR0cHbGFuZz1lbi1VUw==
Save it.
3. Thats it !! Upload the MSI file in Manage Engine to create the package and deploy it.
Do let me know if I have missed something.
