Pre-installation refers to a process of installing an operating system and necessary computer components before delivering them to the customer. To reduce the workload, create an image from a computer with the operating system and essential components and install it on other computers in bulk using that image. The procedure for pre-installing the Athena EPP agent is as follows:

1. Confirm with the customer the IP address to be assigned to the Athena EPP manager. Please note that the IP address cannot be changed.

2. Select an installer compatible with the CPU architecture and operating system of the customer's computers, and replace the IP address in the installer name with the Athena EPP manager IP address, which the customer confirmed in Step 1.
3. Install the Athena EPP agent.
4. Prepare the template environment before exporting a virtual machine. Execute clone_tool under the "xxx/bin/" Athena EPP agent installation directory as an administrator to ensure that the Athena EPP agent IDs of the created virtual machines are unique. The execution method varies with the operating system of the computer. For details, see Chapters 2.3.2.8 and 2.3.3.6 "Installation on Virtual Machines".
5. Create an image for pre-installation, and pre-install the operating system and necessary components on other computers in bulk by using that image.

Strictly follow the pre-installation procedure. Otherwise, extra work may be required. For example, suppose the operating system and necessary components are pre-installed on computers without confirming the assigned IP address of the Athena EPP manager. In that case, the computers can connect to the Athena EPP manager only after the assigned IP address is specified on each of them.