Mass deployment of UC Express client

[unclerico]

I am preparing to deploy the UC Express client via our systems management tool. I understand that I can create a config file and prefill the necessary parameters for setup. One thing I don't understand is that in the examples that they show all of the passwords are presumed to be encrypted. Does Mitel have a password encryption tool to use for this?? Thanks.

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[MitelInMyBlood]

Passwords are encrypted once UCE is deployed, such that they do not display in clear text, but to my knowledge there's nothing special you have to do. (I've never done a mass deployment myself, but we use UCE)

Is it safe to assume you have a copy of the UCE I.T. & Administrator's Guide?

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[unclerico]

MIMB, yes I have the IT guide available. I guess my concern is the passwords that are placed in the actual config file that the msi refers to when performing setup not necessarily once setup is comlete because, as you said, the credentials are obscured in the UCE client. It looks like I have two options; the first is to store the config file out on a network share and the second is to deploy it along side the .msi itself. The rights of the user account being used for LDAP binding has read-only privileges so it's not like a user can do any more damage than they could with their own user account, but I am terribly anal about having credentials of any kind out there in plain text. Thanks for your response.

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[MitelInMyBlood]

Not much different than configuring a Cisco router. Both your login and enable passwords are in clear text, but if you dump the run config your passwords are encrypted

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