This guide provides instructions on manually installing the Vanta Device Monitor on a Mac device using Terminal.
Prerequisites
Administrator permissions on the device. If you do not have administrator access to your computer, please contact the system administrator or your company's IT team.
Vanta Admin permissions, or assistance from your Vanta Admin to obtain the Vanta Key & pre-generated script. We are unable to give it to you since the key is confidential information.
Procedure
Open terminal (easiest way is cmd + space bar & search for 'terminal')
Locate the pre-generated script that contains the company Vanta Key & Vanta Region. This can be provided to you by your admin.
A Vanta Admin can locate this within Vanta using the following steps:
Navigate to the Computers Page
Click on the Unmonitored Tab
Click on View Setup Instructions
Click on Option 3: MDM and Vanta Device Monitor
Under For Mac, click on the Copy button to copy the script as is
Paste the script into the terminal, and replace [email protected] with the Vanta Registered email for the device's primary user
The Vanta Device Monitor will run as a silent installation.