Installing the OTbase Discovery Agent for Windows

On the system where you want to install the Discovery Agent, log in as administrator and execute the installer – or install with administrative rights. This is necessary because otherwise you can’t install a service, and you wouldn’t get all the details about security patches that you need for your vulnerability management.

You can change the default destination folder if you want.

You can specify the service port, which is used for communication with OTbase Discovery Manager. Default port is preconfigured.

Once the installation is complete, the OTbase Discovery Agent will launch automatically. You can check in the services list. Please note that a proper configuration of the OTbase Discovery Agent is mandatory, without it there is no data collection and export. To learn more about the configuration, please proceed to the Configuration Article.

Script-Based Installation (Silent Installation)

If you want to install OTbase Discovery Agent using a script (for example controlled by Microsoft SCCM), then call the installer with the command line option /S for "silent" (Here we use a capital "S").

Below is a list of additional parameters you can use for script-based/ silent installations.

Note: Stopping the OTbase Discovery Agent service before installing or rebooting the device afterwards if needed is not done by the installer in silent mode! This has to be taken care off by the script calling the installer.