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Agent installation

The Orchestration Agent runs on a server to control network access for users on their behalf. This is not an end-user install.

This can be deployed on a small Linux or Windows VM, located alongside a control layer you wish to control - eg: in a firewall management network - or centralized with your Knocknoc Server. You can run multiple, depending on the control infrastructure you're orchestrating. You may run one to manage AWS EC2 on the Knocknoc Server, with another on Windows controlling a Fortinet/Palo Alto, or the native Linux or Windows firewall for bastion/end-host access control. You have options.

  • If your orchestrating server is Linux (bastion SSH/Linux on-host control, small VM, container, etc), follow
    Linux Agent Installation.
  • If your orchestrating server is Windows (orchestrating other servers or controlling RDP locally), follow
    Windows Agent Installation.

You only need to install the Agent on the host that will manage access on Knocknoc’s behalf - your end users do not need any client software.

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