Hi all I am hopping someone can help me get some clarity in

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Hi all I am hopping someone can help me get some clarity in how to build and deploy launcher

sundsta · Answer

Building launcher is in Building packages is in

sundsta · Answer

If you have more specific questions let me know

seph · Answer

While you can certainly build launcher I m always curious about why organizations decide to build from source instead of using the binaries

killahquam · Answer

< seph> I don t mind using the already build ones just wondering how the config would work

killahquam · Answer

< sundsta> Hi so i tried that and kept getting `go bindata` error

killahquam · Answer

< seph> I had played with the launcher in the past and was able to generate a package straight from it with all my configs

killahquam · Answer

but not sure how this one would play out

killahquam · Answer

thanks for any help you can provide me

seph · Answer

Launcher s build needs to be in gopath

seph · Answer

you don t need to build launcher to use package builder But default package builder grabs the stable launcher binaries

seph · Answer

Not sure if there s another question in there

seph · Answer

You could also find my recent querycon talk about package builder Towards the end of it there s a screencast of me using it

killahquam · Answer

ok

killahquam · Answer

< seph> that was what was confusing me if i had to build launcher or not

seph · Answer

You don t

killahquam · Answer

i just want to build a package with my configs in it and mass deploy

killahquam · Answer

slightly smiling face

seph · Answer

Yeah package builder is designed for that

seph · Answer

<https github com kolide launcher blob master docs package builder md> exists though may need improvement

seph · Answer

Feel free to ping me if you run into issues with it

killahquam · Answer

i will