Mass Deploy Agents

Deploy to hundreds or thousands of endpoints automatically

Overview

The Costif.ai agent is designed for enterprise-scale deployments. Whether you're managing 100 or 100,000 endpoints, our silent installer works with all major deployment tools without requiring user interaction.

< 5MB

Installer size

Silent

No user prompts

< 1%

CPU usage

Prerequisites

Organization ID - Found in Portal → Settings → Organization
Network access - Outbound HTTPS (443) to api.costif.ai
Admin rights - Local admin or SYSTEM account for installation

Deployment Methods

1

Download the MSI installer

Get the MSI from Portal → Downloads → Windows MSI
2
Copy to network share

Place the MSI in a share accessible by target computers
```
\\fileserver\software\costif-agent.msi
```
3

Create GPO

Open Group Policy Management → Create new GPO
4
Configure software installation

Computer Configuration → Policies → Software Settings → Software Installation
```
Right-click → New → Package → Select MSI from network share
Select "Assigned" deployment method
```
5

Link GPO to OU

Link the GPO to the Organizational Unit containing target computers

Note: The agent will install at next computer restart or Group Policy refresh.

1

Download the intunewin package

Portal → Downloads → Intune Package (.intunewin)
2

Create Win32 app in Intune

Apps → Windows → Add → Windows app (Win32)

Configure install command

Install command

costif-agent.exe /S /ORG_ID=your-org-id

Uninstall command

costif-agent.exe /uninstall /S

4

Set detection rule

File exists: C:\Program Files\Costif\costif-agent.exe
5

Assign to device groups

Assignments → Add group → Select target device groups

1

Create application

Software Library → Applications → Create Application

Configure deployment type

Installation program

msiexec /i costif-agent.msi /qn ORG_ID=your-org-id

3

Distribute content

Distribute to your distribution points
4

Deploy to collection

Deploy → Required → Select device collection

1

Upload PKG to Jamf

Settings → Computer Management → Packages → New
2

Create policy

Computers → Policies → New

Add configuration script

Post-install script

#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/costif-agent configure --org-id "your-org-id"
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.costif.agent.plist

4

Scope to Smart Group

Scope → Add targets → Select Smart/Static Groups

Windows (PowerShell)

deploy-costif.ps1

# Set your Organization ID
$OrgId = 'your-org-id'
$InstallerUrl = "https://get.costif.ai/download?org=$OrgId&platform=windows"
$InstallerPath = "$env:TEMP\costif-agent.exe"

# Download and install silently
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $InstallerUrl -OutFile $InstallerPath
Start-Process -FilePath $InstallerPath -ArgumentList '/S' -Wait -NoNewWindow
Remove-Item $InstallerPath

macOS / Linux (Bash)

deploy-costif.sh

#!/bin/bash
ORG_ID='your-org-id'
curl -fsSL 'https://get.costif.ai/install.sh' | ORG_ID=$ORG_ID bash

Verify Deployment

After deployment, verify agents are reporting in your Portal dashboard:

1 Go to Portal → Dashboard
2 Check the "Active Agents" count increases
3 View individual agents in Agents → All Agents

Open Dashboard

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Mass Deploy Agents

Overview

Prerequisites

Deployment Methods

Active Directory Group Policy (GPO)

Microsoft Intune / Endpoint Manager

SCCM / ConfigMgr