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Manage log collectors through Graylog
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FeatureRequest: windows msi file instead of exe #50

Closed matthgyver closed 8 years ago

matthgyver commented 8 years ago

Hi, Is it possible to have windows installer file in msi format ? It's more usefull to deploy with Active Directory. Thank you

mariussturm commented 8 years ago

Hi, we are building all packages on a Linux host and I haven't found good tooling for creating MSIs yet. The package configurations are also open source if you like to dig into this feel free to contibute: https://github.com/Graylog2/collector-sidecar/tree/master/dist

What exactly is the problem with AD?

joschi commented 8 years ago

@mariussturm It's possible to rollout software with AD: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/816102

matthgyver commented 8 years ago

MSI format is more usefull for installation by GPO. There is a built-in feature in gpedit to install / uninstall msi but not for exe. Exe need a script. It's less integrated.

Unfortunately I know nothing in msi package building otherwise I would participate with pleasure.

mariussturm commented 8 years ago

Looked into the msi tools again and I think it's currently too much work to switch for the provided value. If someone wants to contribute that I am happy to review and test pull-requests but it's currently not on our roadmap.