Command Line Installation

The Insight Student Application supports the use of command line options to configure the product during the installation process. These options can be used with a variety of deployment tools to push the Student Application to systems without requiring user intervention.

Command Line Option
Description

/classID <value>

During installation, this will set the default Class ID to the value specified. The value can be any valid alphanumeric Class ID.

/requireStudentPermission

Setting this option during the installation process will configure Insight to require the approval of the Student.

/installbrowserextension

Setting this option will install the browser extensions on the Student system.

/enableWebHistory

Setting this option will enable the ability of Insight to track web history on Student machines.

/disableKeyLogging

Setting this option will disable the ability of Insight to log keystrokes on the client system.

/studentCanChangeClassId

Setting this option will configure Insight to allow the Student to change the Class ID in Insight.

/hideSysTrayIcon

Setting this option will configure Insight to hide its Icon on the system tray.

/restrictWiFi

Setting this option will enable the ability for Insight to restrict what wireless networks the system can connect to.

/authorizedWiFiSSIDs <value>

Setting this option will specify the SSIDs for the wireless networks that the systems can connect to. SSIDs should be specified by entering each one separated by a comma.

/sharedSecret <value>

This option configures Insight to make use of the Enhanced Security option using the value specified as the Security Token.

Example:

/sharedSecret Password123

/adminPwd <value>

This option configures the Administrator Password on the client system using the value specified after the command line switch.

/connectorServer <value>

This option configures the Insight Student to communicate with the Insight Connector located at the IP address, Hostname, or FQDN specified.

Example:

/connectorServer insight

/connectorServer 192.168.1.10

/connectorServer insight.example.domain.com

/suppressreboot

This option will suppress the reboot of the client system after the Insight Student is installed. Insight may not be fully enabled until the client machine is rebooted after the install process.

/upgrade

This option will silently upgrade Insight Student with existing settings.

An example installation command line is shown below when installing Insight Student using an executable (.exe) file:

InsightInstallerStudent.exe /classid Class101 /adminPwd Password123 /sharedSecret superiorsiegeweapon /installbrowserextension /enableWebHistory /connectorServer insight.example.domain.com /suppressreboot

An example installation command line is shown below when installing Insight Student using an MSI installer:

MSIEXEC.exe /I "msi Path" /qn CMDLINE="/classId Class101 /requireStudentPermission /disableKeyLogging /studentCanChangeClassId /hideSysTrayIcon /adminPwd Password123 /installBrowserExtension /enableWebHistory"

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