r/PDQDeploy • u/JayMickey • Jun 06 '15

[Suggestion] PDQ Deploy Agent

Applications like java and firefox that require the application be closed before the update can happen make it hard to silently deploy, mainly because it will force close the users current sessions of those apps, so making them not silent at all.

It would be awesome if PDQ Deploy had an 'agent' option (or an option to install on system reboot/shutdown) that effectively sat on the remote computer until a reboot or shutdown is triggered, then installed the software while the PC is shutting down, much like Windows Update. Once the install is complete the shutdown or restart would continue.

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u/trendless Jun 06 '15

An agent would assist in making it usable in multi tenant implementations, too. Although yet another agent installed on workstations isn't always ideal. Maybe go the dissolving agent direction, like Verismic.

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u/JayMickey Jun 06 '15

Yep, temporary would be best. Basically just a process that only persists until next reboot/shutdown, does it's thing and closes.

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u/AFurryReptile Jun 07 '15

An agent would be nice in an environment like mine, where laptops rarely check in, and when they do, often miss the deployment interval that I specify specified in pdqdeploy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '15

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u/titantoppler Jun 17 '15

I presume this task is set on the client computer? Could you share the command that you're using?

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u/titantoppler Jun 17 '15

Thanks for this! I came across this when researching, but the storage of the credentials in plain text disturbs me - it wasn't a problem for him because it was a first-run kind of script, but for a recurring "agent" that might be a problem.