Remote installation

Before installation

ESET Endpoint Security requires privileges settings that prevent it from being fully installed remotely without your device being enrolled in MDM. If your device is enrolled in MDM, you can use the MDM to distribute these settings via configuration profiles. If your device is not enrolled in MDM, these privileges settings must be allowed manually on each computer.

If you are using Jamf, you can also see our Jamf specific guide.

Setting configuration profiles for ESET Endpoint Security

Before installing ESET Endpoint Security, you must enable the following settings on targeted computers:

•ESET system extensions
If ESET system extensions are not enabled before the installation, users will receive System extensions blocked notifications until the ESET system extensions are enabled.

•Full disk access
If full disk access is not enabled before the installation, users will receive Your computer is partially protected notifications until the full disk access is enabled.

•Firewall
You must add firewall configuration to system settings for the firewall to function.
If the firewall configuration is missing after the ESET Endpoint Security installation, users will receive "ESET Endpoint Security" Would Like to Filter Network Content. When they receive this notification, click Allow. If they click Don't Allow, the firewall will not work.

•Web and Email protection
You must add the Web and Email protection configuration to the system settings for Web and Email protection to function.
If the Web and Email protection configuration is missing after the ESET Endpoint Security installation, users will receive "ESET Endpoint Security" Would Like to Filter Network Content. When they receive this notification, click Allow. If they click Don't Allow, Web and Email protection will not work.

To enable the ESET settings above remotely, your computer must be enrolled with an MDM (Mobile Device Management) server, such as Jamf.

Enable ESET system extensions

To enable system extensions on your device remotely, create a configuration profile in your MDM before the installation. Use the following settings:

Enable full disk access

To enable full disk access remotely, perform one of the following actions before the installation:

•If your device is managed by ESET PROTECT On-Prem or ESET PROTECT, you need to enable full disk access for ESET Management Agent. Download the .plist payload file for ESET Management Agent.

•Create a configuration profile using the following settings:

ESET Endpoint Security

Additional settings for ESET Endpoint Security version 8

On macOS 12 Monterey and later

ESET Management Agent

Firewall

To add firewall configuration to system settings remotely, create a content filter configuration profile for the firewall before the installation/upgrade. Use the following settings:

Web and Email protection

To add Web and Email protection configuration to system settings remotely, create a VPN type configuration profile before the installation. Use the following settings:

Web and Email protection configuration is removed after uninstalling ESET Endpoint Security. If you need to uninstall and install ESET Endpoint Security, you need to deploy the Web and Email protection configuration to the target computer after the uninstallation again.

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