Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security 3.x

Example commands for installing Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security

10 March 2023

ID 147693

This section provides examples of commands used to install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security.

On protected devices running a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows, run the files with the x86 suffix in the distribution kit. On protected devices running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows, run the files with the x64 suffix in the distribution kit.

Detailed information about the use of Windows Installer's standard commands and command-line options is provided in the documentation supplied by Microsoft.

Examples of installing Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security from the setup.exe file

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with the recommended installation settings without user involvement, run the following command:

\product\setup.exe /s /p EULA=1 /p PRIVACYPOLICY=1

You can install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with the following settings:

  • Only install the Real-Time File Protection and On-Demand Scan components
  • Do not run Real-Time File Protection when starting Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security
  • Do not exclude files that Microsoft Corporation recommends to exclude from the scan scope

To install the components, such as Device Control, run the following command:

\product\setup.exe /p ADDLOCAL=DevCtrl /p RUNRTP=0 /p ADDMSEXCLUSION=0

You can use the following optional keys with this command when you install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security on the computers with network devices and SCSI-devices that cause system failure after <RPODUCT_NAME_NOM_FULL> is installed:

/p SKIP_NETWORK_UPPERFILTERS=<1|0>

Enables (1) or disables (0) interception of network adapters connections.

/p SKIP_SCSIADAPTER_UPPERFILTERS=<1|0>

Enables (1) or disables (0) interception of SCSI-adapters connections.

List of commands used for installation: running an .msi file

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with the recommended installation settings without user involvement, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with the recommended installation settings and display the installation interface, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with the recommended installation settings, and to enable trace files rotation after the defined maximum of trace files is reached, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi TRACE_FOLDER=C:\Traces TRACE_MAX_ROLL_COUNT=50 /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

Note that the TRACE_FOLDER parameter is mandatory.

For the TRACE_MAX_ROLL_COUNT parameter, the following conditions are introduced:

  • If the parameter is specified, the trace files rotation is enabled with the maximum number of trace files that you define. Available range of values: from 1 to 999.
  • If the parameter is specified with 0 as a value for maximum number of trace files, the trace files rotation is disabled.
  • If the parameter is specified, and the value for maximum number of trace files is invalid or exceeds the allowed range of 1-999 files, the trace files rotation is enabled with the default value of 5 as the maximum number of trace files.
  • If the parameter is not specified:
    • If the trace files rotation is already configured on the device, the settings remain unchanged. Parameters that you input will be ignored by the application.
    • If the trace files rotation is not yet configured on the device, the rotation option is enabled with the default value of 5 as the maximum number of trace files.

To install and activate Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security using the key file C:\0000000A.key:

msiexec /i ess.msi LICENSEKEYPATH=C:\0000000A.key /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security with a preliminary scan of active processes and the boot sectors of local disks, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi PRESCAN=1 /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security in the installation folder C:\ESS, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi INSTALLDIR=C:\ESS /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security and save an installation log file named ess.log in the folder where the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security msi file is stored, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi /l*v ess.log /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security Console, run the following command:

msiexec /i esstools.msi /qn EULA=1

To install and activate Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security using the key file C:\0000000A.key and configure Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security according to the settings in the configuration file C:\settings.xml, run the following command:

msiexec /i ess.msi LICENSEKEYPATH=C:\0000000A.key CONFIGPATH=C:\settings.xml /qn EULA=1 PRIVACYPOLICY=1

To install an application patch when Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security is password-protected, run the following command:

msiexec /p "<msp file name with path>" UNLOCK_PASSWORD=<password>

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