Nightfall Agent Deployment with Kandji MDM

This document explains the process of installing Nightfall AI agent using the Kandji MDM.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that the Kandji APN is set.

  • Ensure that the target macOS devices are onboarded.

  • Ensure that you have received and unpacked the Nightfall Endpoint payload.

Create a Blueprint

  1. Click New Blueprint on the top right corner.

  2. Click New Blueprint on the pop up menu.

  3. Enter a name for the blueprint in the Blueprint name field.

  4. Enter a description for the blueprint in the Blueprint description field.

  5. Click Create Blueprint.

Create Custom Profiles

In this section, we create a custom profile for each of the profiles provided in the Nightfall endpoint payload and assign them to the blueprint you have created in the previous section.

  1. Locate the following .mobileconfig files in your Nightfall Endpoint payload package.

a. NightfallAI_ApplicationSystemEvents.mobileconfig
b. NightfallAI_Notification.mobileconfig
c. NightfallAI_PPPC.mobileconfig
  1. Navigate to https://<your-company-name>.kandji.io/library.

    a. Click Add new.

b. Select Custom Profile and click Add & Configure on the pop-up window.

c. Add Title, Select Blueprint, and finally drag and drop the .mobileconfig file.

d. Click Save.

  1. Repeat the above steps for each of the .mobileconfig files provided.

Create a Custom App

In this section, we will create a custom app item for Nightfall Endpoint Agent.

  1. Click Add New.

  1. Click Custom App

  2. Click Add & Configure on the pop-up window.

a. Add Title, Select the Blueprint you previously created.

b. Select the Audit and enforce option.

c. Paste the content of mdm_kandji_audit_script into the Audit Script text box.

d. Choose the Installer Package option.

e. Add Preinstall Script & Upload the installer package.

I. Paste the content of mdm_pre_install_script into the Pre-install Script text box.

II. Upload the installer package

i. Drag and drop or click to upload the provided nightfall-ai-agent_v*.*.*.pkg file

  1. Save the change and wait for the changes to get deployed on the node machine.

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