Nightfall Windows Agent Deployment: Rippling MDM

Learn how to install the Nightfall agent on Microsoft Windows OS using the Rippling MDM.

Prerequisites

1. You have the Device Administrator role in Rippling.

2. Target Windows devices have been onboarded into Rippling MDM.

3. You have received and unpacked the Nightfall Endpoint payload.

1. Configure and Deploy Software Package

1

Create and Configure the Software Package in Rippling

1. Navigate to: https://app.rippling.com/hardware/software

2. Click Upload Software on the right of the pane and provide the following details.

   1. Name: “Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent <version>”

      • <version> is the version of the package your received from Nightfall.

   2. Operating System: “Windows”

   3. Category: “My Uploads” (Default)

   4. Description: “Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent”.

   5. Upload Icon: use the .png icon file provided.

   6. Upload Installer File: drop or select the provided NightfallAgent.msi file.

   7. Under Silent arguments add /qn /norestart API_KEY='' COMPANY_ID='' where the content of API_KEY and COMPANY_ID are the values provided to you by Nightfall. Note that these values must be enclosed in ' single quote characters.

   8. Click Submit.

   9. You will receive an email from Rippling with the subject: “Your recently uploaded custom software is processing”

   10. After a period of time (typically less than 1 hour) You will receive an email from Rippling: “Your recently uploaded custom software has been processed successfully!”

   11. You may now proceed to step 2. to deploy the agent.

2

Deploy the Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent

1. Click Add on the newly created Software Item in the Rippling Software Catalog.

2. Click Finished Selecting.

3. Search or scroll to the newly added item matching the name you used in the previous step.

   1. Click Edit

      1. Select all employees or specific target devices.

      2. Click Save.

The Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent will now deploy to all selected target devices. This may take up to 72 hours and is dependent on the endpoint devices being turned on, connected.

Upgrading to a New Version

The below describes the steps to upgrade endpoints with a new version of the agent:

1. Search or scroll to the old version of the Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent and click Edit.

   1. Remove all devices from the installation list and click Save.

2. Follow the steps to configure the new software package for the new version

3. Follow the steps to deploy the new version.

The Nightfall Endpoint DLP Agent will now deploy to all selected target endpoints. Installation may take up to 48 hours and is dependent on the endpoint devices being turned on and connected.