Manual Installation

Prior to globally distributing the agent, it is common practice to download the agent from a file share or USB drive and run the installer on a select number of test machines.

1. Ensure latest agent has been downloaded to FortiNAC. For instructions see Download new agent packages in section Agent Packages of the Administration Guide.

2. Download agent package from FortiNAC. Use the file formats listed below for the specific operating systems.

   Windows: .exe

   Linux (Debian, Ubuntu): .deb

   Linux (RHEL, Fedora, CentOS): .rpm

   For instructions see Download the Persistent Agent For custom distribution in section Agent Packages of the Administration Guide.

3. Install the agent on the end machine. Refer to the applicable section in the Administration Guide:

   Installation for Windows

   Installation for macOS

   Installation for Linux

4. Modify the Persistent Agent settings (if necessary) using the notes taken during the section Software Modifiable Settings for the Persistent Agent.

The Persistent Agent settings are configured within the Policy Settings (as opposed to default settings). These settings take precedence over the Default Settings.

Persistent Agent Policy Settings Location

Windows	32-bit operating systems (Registry Key): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Bradford Networks\Persistent Agent 64-bit operating systems (Registry Key): HKLM\Software\wow6432node\Policies\Bradford Networks\Persistent Agent
MacOS	/Library/Preferences/com.bradfordnetworks.bndaemon.policy
Linux*	/etc/xdg/com.bradfordnetworks/ PersistentAgentPolicy.conf

*Best practice: PersistentAgentPolicy.conf should be ASCII encoding. As of FortiNAC 8.7.0, UTF-8 can also be parsed.

For more details, see Persistent Agent Settings File Location on Host in the Appendix.