App Control: How to Change the Default Install and Data Locations of the Windows Agent

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)

Issue/Introduction

How to change the default installation folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Bit9\Parity Agent) and data folder (C:\ProgramData\Bit9\Parity Agent) of the App Control Agent

Environment

• App Control Windows Agent: All Supported Versions
• Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions

 

Resolution

These can only be done during initial agent installation, use the following command to specify the agent install path:

msiexec /i <policy.msi> INSTALLDIR="<program_path>" DATADIR="<data_path>" /l*v <install_log_path>

Additional Information

• INSTALLDIR specifies the location of the agent's binaries
• DATADIR specifies the location of agent's data like cache and log files
• The file path for the agent and data folders must be on the local machine
• Network drives are not supported.