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Downloading and Deploying

This section describes how to discover available applications, download them to the device, and complete deployment using the GetApp Agent dashboard.

Discovery​

From the App Offering section in the left-hand menu of the dashboard, select the SYNC OFFERING TREE button.
This action refreshes the available offering list from the server and updates the view with the latest applications.

App offering overview

Downloading​

After the offering tree is synced, the list of available applications appears in the App Offering view.
You can start a download directly from this view by selecting the relevant action for the desired application.

Another option, which provides a more detailed view, is to switch to Device Status in the left-hand menu.
From there, you can review the device status and trigger downloads with additional context.

Device status overview

When you select START DELIVERY, the Agent begins downloading the selected application from the server.

Once the download is complete, the button changes to PRESS INSTALL.

press to install

Deployment​

Deployment (installation) occurs after the download has finished and you select PRESS INSTALL.

start download

finish installing

Once installation is complete and the view is refreshed, the application status changes to Installed.

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Data Location​

Application data is stored in different locations depending on the operating system and it contains analytics data, configuration files, logs and all the downloads that the agent made.

Windows​

On Windows, data is stored in:

C:\ProgramData\GetAppData\data\comps

Red Hat–based Linux Distributions​

On Red Hat–based Linux distributions, data is stored in:

/var/lib/getapp/data/comps