Network Agent installation package settings

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To configure a Network Agent installation package:

1. Do one of the following:
   • In the main menu, go to Discovery & deployment → Deployment & assignment → Installation packages.
   • In the main menu, go to Operations → Repositories → Installation packages.

   A list of installation packages available on the Administration Server is displayed.

2. Click the link with the name of the Network Agent installation package.

The properties window of the Network Agent installation package opens. The information in the window is grouped on tabs and in sections.

General

The General section displays general information about the installation package:

• Installation package name
• Name and version of the application for which the installation package has been created
• Installation package size
• Installation package creation date
• Path to the installation package folder

Settings

This section presents the settings required to ensure proper functioning of Network Agent immediately after it is installed. The settings in this section are available only on devices running Windows.

In the Destination folder group of settings, you can select the client device folder in which Network Agent will be installed.

• Install in default folder

  If this option is selected, Network Agent will be installed in the <Drive>:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\NetworkAgent folder. If this folder does not exist, it will be created automatically.

  By default, this option is selected.

• Install in specified folder

  If this option is selected, Network Agent will be installed in the folder specified in the entry field.

In the following group of settings, you can set a password for the Network Agent remote uninstallation task:

• Use uninstallation password

  If this option is enabled, by clicking the Modify button you can enter the uninstall password (only available for Network Agent on devices running Windows operating systems).

  By default, this option is disabled.

• Status
• Protect Network Agent service against unauthorized removal or termination, and prevent changes to the settings

  When this option is enabled, after Network Agent is installed on a managed device, the component cannot be removed or reconfigured without required privileges. The Network Agent service cannot be stopped. This option has no effect on domain controllers.

  Enable this option to protect Network Agent on workstations operated with local administrator rights.

  By default, this option is disabled.

• Automatically install applicable updates and patches for components that have the Undefined status

  If this check box is selected, all downloaded updates and patches for Network Agent will be installed automatically.

  If this check box is cleared, all downloaded updates and patches will only be installed after you change their status to Approved. Updates and patches with Undefined status will not be installed.

  By default, this check box is selected.

Connection

In this section, you can configure connection of Network Agent to the Administration Server:

• Use UDP port

  UDP port number

  In this field you can specify the port to connect Administration Server to Network Agent using UDP protocol.

  The default UDP port is 15000.

• Open Network Agent ports in Microsoft Windows Firewall

  If this option is enabled, the ports used by Network Agent are added to the Microsoft Windows Firewall exclusion list.

  By default, this option is enabled.

• Do not use proxy server
• Use proxy server

  Proxy server address

  Proxy server port

• Proxy server authentication

  If this option is enabled, in the entry fields you can specify the credentials for proxy server authentication.

  We recommend that you specify the credentials of an account that has minimum privileges required only for the proxy server authentication.

  By default, this option is disabled.

  User name

  User name of the account under which connection to the proxy server is established.

  We recommend that you specify the credentials of an account that has minimum privileges required only for the proxy server authentication.

  Password

  Password of the account under which connection to the proxy server is established.

  We recommend that you specify the credentials of an account that has minimum privileges required only for the proxy server authentication.

For compatibility purposes, it is not recommended to specify proxy connection settings in the Network Agent installation package settings.

Advanced

In the Advanced section, you can configure how the connection gateway is used:

• Connect to Administration Server by using a connection gateway
• Connection gateway address
• Enable dynamic mode for VDI

  If this option is enabled, dynamic mode for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) will be enabled for Network Agent installed on a virtual machine.

  By default, this option is disabled.

• Optimize settings for VDI

  If this option is enabled, the following features are disabled in the Network Agent settings:

  • Retrieving information about software installed
  • Retrieving information about hardware
  • Retrieving information about vulnerabilities detected
  • Retrieving information about updates required

  By default, this option is disabled.

Additional components

In this section you can select additional components for concurrent installation with Network Agent.

Tags

The Tags section displays a list of keywords (tags) that can be added to client devices after Network Agent installation. You can add and remove tags from the list, as well as rename them.

If the check box is selected next to a tag, this tag is automatically added to managed devices during Network Agent installation.

If the check box is cleared next to a tag, the tag will not automatically be added to managed devices during Network Agent installation. You can manually add this tag to devices.

When removing a tag from the list, it is automatically removed from all devices to which it was added.

Revision history

In this section, you can view the history of the installation package revisions. You can compare revisions, view revisions, save revisions to a file, and add and edit revision descriptions.

Network Agent installation package settings available to a specific operating system are given in the table below.

Network Agent installation package settings