Overview of silent mode installation
The general process of installing a DigiCert® agent on a server involves two main steps:
Unpack and install the agent software on the server.
Authenticate the agent to your DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager account to provision it for discovery and automation services.
Silent mode installation minimizes the need for user intervention to help automate this process and allow for bulk installation of multiple DigiCert agents at once. Silent mode uses a companion application to help authenticate and provision the agent during step 2.
중요
You do not need to use the companion application when installing the agent on Windows servers using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) in silent mode. For SCCM, precede directly to the installation procedure.
Why use a companion application?
The companion application securely provisions the agent and starts the agent service on each server without the need for user intervention and without exposing the account’s authentication key.
Key-based authentication
The companion application for silent mode installation uses key-based authentication as an alternative to a username and password.
You need a DigiCert API key to authenticate your agents during provisioning, and can revoke the API key once the agents are deployed and running on your servers.
Get started
To get started, prepare for silent mode installation of DigiCert agents on your Windows and/or Linux servers.