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New

Select to create a new custom installer.

Edit

Select an existing custom installer - then click Edit to make changes.

Duplicate

Select an existing custom installer - then click Duplicate to create a copy which will default to “custom installer name - Copy” as Name.

Delete

Select an existing custom installer - then click Delete. You will be prompted to confirm deletion.

Show Column Chooser

Selecting allows you to choose which columns to display. Example 6 of the 10 available columns are displayed.

Filter Row

This allows you to search/filter based on the available column data. Example searching for custom installer with Name including Python.

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Click the x to remove filter selection.

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Notes:

  1. Installers must be silent with no end user interaction required. While there are standards for msi installers, with exe installers you may find vendor has specific requirements - like /S instead of lowercase /s or may use /silent or /verysilent. You can check with vendor but generally if you run the exe with the /? switch it will bring up list of available switches supported.

  2. Testing your full command line manually to verify installation works before adding to MSP Toolshed ezdeploy is recommended.

  3. The URL must automatically download the installer file. The Validate Download URL only verifies that the URL exists. Test your URL from a browser to verify you immediately get prompted to save file. If not and you get a page requiring additional steps like a link to click or login credentials - you will need to get the file in place with URL that does the direct download instead.

  4. Syntax for some common storage vendors

    1. OneDrive

      1. Generate a link anyone can view.

      2. Once you copy that URL add "&download=1" to the end of it to get your direct download URL.

    2. DropBox

      1. Generate a link anyone can view.

      2. Once you copy that URL change dl=0 to dl=1 to get your direct download URL.

    3. GoogleDrive

      1. Share the file as “public”

      2. In the share dialog, select and copy the “File ID”

      3. Append &id=YourIndividualID to the end of the URL
        i.e.: https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=YourIndividualID

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