Community
Bulk update settings?
Support level: Pro
I rarely need to change my host settings thankfully but has there been anything added to bulk update host settings? With the new terminal options I want to be able to turn it on for all hosts.
Last time I looked into this the answer was creating a custom MSI and reinstalling every single host which isn't ideal. Last time I had a number of failures and had to fall back to other access methods and repair the install.
It would be ideal to have host settings pushed from the server somehow, though there'd need to be some kind of group/role setting for agents with various setting requirements... but I'd settle for just being able to edit a bunch at once, that way I can organise everything by Address Book and do a few mass connect/updates.
Last time I looked into this the answer was creating a custom MSI and reinstalling every single host which isn't ideal. Last time I had a number of failures and had to fall back to other access methods and repair the install.
It would be ideal to have host settings pushed from the server somehow, though there'd need to be some kind of group/role setting for agents with various setting requirements... but I'd settle for just being able to edit a bunch at once, that way I can organise everything by Address Book and do a few mass connect/updates.
Conrad Sallian,
Support (Posts: 3311)
Oct 30, 2026 8:00:32 am EDT
Hello,
Not yet, I'm afraid: there's still no way to edit the settings of many Hosts at once from the Viewer or from the server. Today there are two routes:
Thanks for the suggestion about pushing Host settings from the server, with groups for different setting requirements. For version 8 we'll be reviewing the feature requests that need centralized settings management, and we'll most likely add this along with other capabilities.
Not yet, I'm afraid: there's still no way to edit the settings of many Hosts at once from the Viewer or from the server. Today there are two routes:
- A few Hosts: Remote Settings from the Viewer. It changes the Host's settings over the existing connection, and the Host restarts itself when you apply the change.
- Many Hosts: an MSI package built in MSI Configurator and pushed with the Remote Install Tool's Advanced update (or through group policy).
Thanks for the suggestion about pushing Host settings from the server, with groups for different setting requirements. For version 8 we'll be reviewing the feature requests that need centralized settings management, and we'll most likely add this along with other capabilities.
* Website time zone: America/New_York (UTC -5)