Unattended installation of the Monitor ERP Windows client

This instruction describes the first-time unattended installation of the Monitor ERP Windows client via the installation file for the client.

Previously an MSI-package was used for unattended installations. As of version 24.6, this package is included in the MONITOR Client Setup.exe.

Preparations

The installation file is on your Monitor server in the latest version under the MONITOR Server folder, example of path: "C:\Program Files\Monitor ERP System AB\MONITOR Server\MONITOR Client Setup.exe".

As of release of version 24.3, Monitor ERP will no longer work on computers (clients) with 32-bits Windows operating systems. This means that you either have to upgrade the operating system to Windows 64-bits, or change to a computer with a Windows 64-bits operating system.

Installation in PowerShell:

Installation command:

$installationFolder = ”[Installation folder for Monitor ERP Windows client.]"

$licensePath = "[Path (e.g. a UNC path) to the license file.]"

$serverAddress = "[Monitor ERP server’s IP address.]"

$arguments = "-q INSTALLATION_FOLDER=`"$installationFolder`"

LICENSE_PATH=`"$licensePath`" SERVER_ADDRESS=`"$serverAddress`""

Start-Process -FilePath "[Path to the installation file Monitor Client Setup.exe]" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow

With the example of parameters above, the installation command can be used as follows:

$installationFolder = "$env:localappdata\MonitorERPClient"

$licensePath = "C:\MONITOR Certificate - Perssons Mekaniska.rsa"

$serverAddress = "192.168.1.5"

$arguments = "-q INSTALLATION_FOLDER=`"$installationFolder`"

LICENSE_PATH=`"$licensePath`" SERVER_ADDRESS=`"$serverAddress`""

Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Monitor Client Setup.exe" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow

Installation in the command line interface (Windows)

Installation command:

“[Path to the installation file Monitor Client Setup.exe]” -q
INSTALLATION_FOLDER=”[Installation folder for Monitor ERP Windows client.]"
LICENSE_PATH="[Path (e.g. a UNC path) to the license file.]"
SERVER_ADDRESS="[Monitor ERP server’s IP address.]"

With the example of parameters above, the installation command can be used as follows:

“C:\MONITOR Client Setup.exe” -q
INSTALLATION_FOLDER="C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\MonitorG5Client”
LICENSE_PATH="C:\MONITOR Certificate - Perssons Mekaniska.rsa"
SERVER_ADDRESS="192.168.1.5"

Please note! If incorrect syntax is used, only a Logs folder will be created in the installation folder. Please ensure that quotation marks are used in the correct places in the command.

Updating the Monitor ERP Windows client

If you want to manage updates of the Monitor ERP Windows client via a tool for endpoint management, e.g., Intune, you must first uninstall and then re-install the client as outlined above every time the Monitor ERP Server has been updated. Alternatively, you can give users read and write permission to the installation point to automatically update the Monitor ERP Windows client.