Downloading the Autodeploy Package

If you haven't already, download the Parallels Desktop Autodeploy Package to a Mac computer from this page.

Attention! Once you have downloaded the ZIP file, it is essential that you remove any quarantine attributes from it, as they may affect all further steps. To do that, execute the following command in the macOS Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Users/{username}/Downloads/pd-autodeploy.zip

Make sure the file path matches that of your downloaded package.

The autodeploy package archive contains a folder named "Parallels Desktop Business Edition mass deployment package vxxx", where "vxxx" is the autodeploy package version number.

The folder contains the following files:

• Changelog.txt — contains a record of changes that were made to the autodeploy package over time.

• Deploy.cfg — contains all the parameters that you'll need to check and set, as described here.

• Prepare — contains the build script that creates a flat package ready for deployment.

Read on to learn how to add the necessary components to the autodeploy package.