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.

To install the Nightfall agent in stealth mode (without notifing the end-user), see #stealth-installation.

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. 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.