MSI installation parameters

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title: MSI installation parameters
description: The following table describes the MSI parameters used when preparing an agent for installation on a gold image and used with a non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure \(NPVDI\) machine.
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# MSI installation parameters

The following table describes the MSI parameters used when preparing an agent for installation on a gold image and used with a non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure \(NPVDI\) machine.

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Parameter

</th><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

NP\_VDI\_GOLD\_IMAGE

</td><td>

boolean

</td><td>

Indicates a gold image host is enabled for the NPVDI agent.Set to **true**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

INSTANCE\_URL

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

ServiceNow instance base URL for REST downloads.

</td></tr><tr><td>

INSTANCE\_REST\_API\_USER

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

Basic-auth username for `fetch_vdi_config` REST API.This is the user created in the [Prepare agent deployment on a non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure machine](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/npvdi-agent-instance-prep.md) procedure.

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INSTANCE\_REST\_API\_PASS

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

Basic-auth password; passed to the agent as the `ACC_REG_KEY` environment variable.

</td></tr><tr><td>

REGISTRATION\_KEY

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

VDI light-registration key \(must have `light_registration=true` on the instance\). Passed to `acc` as the `ACC_REG_KEY` environment variable.

</td></tr><tr><td>

PAC\_FILE

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

PAC file for proxy auto-configuration during downloads. Takes precedence over `HTTPS_PROXY`.Optional.

</td></tr><tr><td>

HTTPS\_PROXY

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

Static HTTPS proxy URL for downloads \(ignored if `PAC_FILE` is set\). Applied to REST API calls only.Optional.

</td></tr><tr><td>

GOLD\_IMAGE\_SKIP\_PROXY

</td><td>

boolean

</td><td>

Set to **true** to bypass PAC/proxy during configuration downloads and connect directly.Optional.

</td></tr><tr><td>

CUSTOM\_PLUGIN\_CERT\_FOLDER

</td><td>

string

</td><td>

Directory containing custom plugin-signing certificates; copied into the agent config directory before download.Optional.

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