ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus - Create Software Action per Asset

ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus - Create Software Action per Asset creates one configuration for multiple assets and performs an install or uninstall of a software on:

• Assets returned by the selected query or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

Required Fields

These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

• Use stored credentials from the ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus adapter - Select this option to use credentials from the adapter connection. By default, the first connection is selected.

  • When you select this option, the Select Adapter Connection drop-down becomes available. Select the adapter connection to use for this Enforcement Action.

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Note

To use this option, you must successfully configure a ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus adapter connection.

• OS Type - Select between Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• Package IDs - Enter the unique IDs of the software packages you want to use in the action.

• Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Working with Axonius Compute Nodes.

Additional Fields

These fields are optional.

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Connection and Credentials

When Use stored credentials from the adapter is toggled off, some of the connection fields below are required to create the connection, while other fields are optional.

• Domain - The hostname or IP address of the ManageEngine Endpoint Central or Patch Manager server. For cloud Endpoint/Desktop Central use: desktopcentral.manageengine.com For cloud Patch Manager Plus use: patch.manageengine.com
• Port (default: 8020) - The port Axonius will use to communicate with the server (for cloud use 443).
• User Name and Password - The credentials for a user account that has permissions to fetch assets. For details, see Authentication and Authorization for On-Prem Instances.

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Note

When OAuth Client ID, OAuth Client Secret and OAuth Refresh Token are not supplied, User Name and Password are required.

• User Name Domain (optional) - The AD domain. Use this option if you are using the AD authentication method.
• OAuth Client ID, OAuth Client Secret, and OAuth Refresh Token - The parameters for OAuth authentication, used in the cloud version of ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Patch Manager Plus. Refer to APIs for information on how to generate them.
• OAuth Zoho Accounts URL (default: https://accounts.zoho.com) - The account URL for your Zoho account. Refer to Refresh Access Tokens for information on how to obtain the account URL.

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When User Name and Password are not supplied, OAuth Client ID, OAuth Client Secret, and OAuth Refresh Token are required.

• Domain Authorization Token - Token to access the AD domain.
• Fetch Desktop Central Data (default: enabled) - Select this parameter to fetch desktop central data. If you do not select this option, only patch data is fetched (patch data is available from both products).
• MFA QR Code (optional) - If MFA is enabled using Google Authenticator, save the QR code received as a PNG file and upload it.
  • If supplied, the connection for this adapter will use the uploaded file to authenticate the specified User Name and Password.
  • If not supplied, the connection for this adapter will not add any additional authentication to the specified User Name and Password.
• MSP Customer ID - Customer ID to fetch information for, when connecting to Endpoint Central MSP. Only use this when connecting to Endpoint Central MSP, otherwise leave empty.
• API Version - Select the API version, either 1.3 or 1.4 (Beta).
• DC Instance - The ID used to add to the headers for the API calls, if specified.

• Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

• HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

• HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

• Configuration Name - Enter a name for this configuration.

• Operation Type - Select between install and uninstall.

• Install As - Select between system and run as user.

• Template ID - Enter the Deployment Policy ID.

• Custom Resource Domain - Enter the custom resource domain.

• Gateway Name - Select the Gateway through which to connect to perform the action.

APIs

Axonius uses the ManageEngine Endpoint Central API - SoM Summary API.

Required Permissions