Apply Group Policy via Arellia

Arellia Local Security Solution can import group policy definitions and deploy those settings to domain and non-domain computers. The following will walk you through importing the local group policy settings, modifying those settings, and deploying them through a task.

Feature introduced in Arellia 8.0

Steps

  1. Navigate to Tasks > Infrastructure Scheduled Activities > Import Local Group Policy Definitions 
  2. Right-click on Import Local Group Policy Definitions and select Run
  3. After the task has completed click on the Policies tab
  4. Navigate to Policies > Group Policy 
  5. Right-click on the Group Policy folder and select New > Group Policy Settings > Group Policy Settings 
  6. Name the new group policy settings and then select the group policy definition you are using
  7. After the new group policy setting has been saved, you can configure each of the rules by clicking on the link in the Settings column
  8. After the group policy setting has been configured, you can create additional group policy settings
  9. Next navigate to Tasks > Client Tasks 
  10. Right-click on Client Tasks and select New > Client Tasks > Remote Command Client Task 
  11. Select the Apply Group Policy Setting under Client Commands > Arellia Agent and save the new task
  12. Then select the group policy setting to be applied and save the task
  13. The task can then be executed on domain and non-domain Arellia managed computers