This guide provides instructions on manually installing the Vanta Device Monitor on a Windows device using the command line.
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. We are unable to give it to you since the key is confidential information.
The Vanta key must be obtained by your administrator from the computers page and provided to you. Here's how your admin can retrieve the Vanta key:Visit the Computers page and select the Unmonitored tab
Select View setup instructions
Select 'Option 3: MDM and Vanta Device Monitor'
Follow the directions for Windows
Procedure
Launch Command Prompt in administrator mode.
In Command Prompt, copy and paste the following command to download the latest installation file.
curl -Lo vanta.msi https://app.vanta.com/osquery/download/windows
The installer will be downloaded and placed in the C: WindowsSystem32 directory.
Locate the company's Vanta Key. This can be provided to you by your admin.
Vanta Admin can locate the key 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
Look for the phrase VANTA_KEY - this key will be the same across all operating system instructions
Run the below command prompt in your terminal, replacing VANTA_KEY with the key from the previous step, and YOUR_EMAIL with the email for the device's primary user and VANTA_REGION with the region of your Vanta instance. All these details can be accessed by following the previous steps.
msiexec /i vanta.msi /passive /qn VANTA_OWNER_EMAIL="[email protected]"
VANTA_KEY="VANTA_KEY"
VANTA_REGION="VANTA_REGION"
The Vanta Device Monitor will run as a silent installation. Once completed, the installer can be removed by running the command.
del vanta.msi
Troubleshooting Installation Errors
If continual installation issues are encountered, additional logs can be generated by adding the flag
/l*v vanta.logto the beginning installation command
Example:
msiexec /l*v vanta.log /i vanta.msi /passive /qn VANTA_OWNER_EMAIL="[email protected]"
VANTA_KEY="VANTA_KEY"
VANTA_REGION="VANTA_REGION"
Please send this file to [email protected], and we will be happy to assist you further!