Using jamCommand to Import Ivanti Connections

The jamCommand.exe program is a command line program that imports a .pulsepreconfig file into Ivanti Secure Access Client. The jamCommand program is available for Windows (Vista, Windows 8.1, and later) and macOS.

From Release 22.7R3, jamCommands for user mode are not supported. However for admin mode, there are no changes.

A .pulsepreconfig file includes Ivanti Secure Access Client connection parameters. You can create a .pulsepreconfig file on the Ivanti server, and then use it as part of a Ivanti Secure Access Client installation to ensure that Ivanti Secure Access Client users have one or more Ivanti Secure Access Client connections when they start Ivanti Secure Access Client for the first time.

One typical use case for jamCommand on a Windows endpoint is to first run jamCommand to import one or more Ivanti Secure Access Client connections from a .pulsepreconfig file, and then run pulselauncher.exe to start Ivanti Secure Access Client.

To install Ivanti Secure Access Client connections using jamCommand:

1.Create a .pulsepreconfig file on the Ivanti server.

In the Ivanti server admin console, click Users > Ivanti Secure Access Client > Components.

2.Select the component sets you want, and then click Download Installer Configuration.

3.Distribute the .pulsepreconfig file to the Ivanti Secure Access Client endpoints.

4.Run jamCommand with the .pulsepreconfig file as an option. For example:

On Windows:

\Program Files\Common Files\Pulse Secure\JamUI\jamCommand -importfile myfile.pulsepreconfig

On macOS:

/Applications/Ivanti\ Secure\ Access.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI/./jamCommand -importfile /Users/<user profile>/<pre-config file location on local disk>/<preconfig file name>

On Linux

/opt/pulsesecure/bin/jamCommand /ImportFile ~/Downloads/pulsepreconfig

If Ivanti Secure Access Client is running when you run jamCommand, the new Ivanti Secure Access Client connection or connections appear immediately. The connection name appears as it was defined when you created the connection in the Ivanti server admin console.