Nightfall Agent Deployment with Kandji MDM

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

Prerequisites

• The Kandji APN is set.

• The target macOS devices are onboarded.

• On your Nightfall console, navigate to https://app.nightfall.ai/endpoint and click the Download Package button on the top right corner of the page. Click Download Package for macOS and unpack the contents of the downloaded file.

To install the Nightfall agent in stealth mode (without notifying the end-user), see Install Nightfall AI Agent for MAC OS.

Create a Blueprint

1. Navigate to https://<your-company-name>.kandji.io/blueprints

2. Click New Blueprint on the top right corner.

3. Click New Blueprint on the pop up menu.

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

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

6. 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. In the downloaded folder, locate the NightfallAI_Profile.mobileconfig file in your Nightfall Endpoint payload under Profiles.

2. 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.

Create a Custom App

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

1. Navigate to https://<your-company-name>.kandji.io/library.

2. 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.