Stage Agent for Deployment
Software Management Program
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Ensure latest agent has been downloaded to FortiNAC. For instructions see Download new agent packages in section Agent Packages of the Administration Guide.
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Copy the installer(s) to the machine that will be distributing the agent. Use the installer file formats listed below for the specific operating systems.
Windows: .msi
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.
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Configure the software management program to distribute the agent package and Persistent Agent software settings. Modify the Persistent Agent settings as necessary based upon the information from the section Software Modifiable Settings for the Persistent Agent.
Important: It is strongly recommended to push the Persistent Agents settings separately; do not modify the installer. If the installer is modified in any way, any or all customization may be removed upon updating or uninstalling the agent.
Configuration can be done in a variety of ways:
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If Group Policy will be used, see Agent Settings and Packages Domain Distribution in the Appendix for instructions.
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For all other management programs, refer to vendor documentation for operation instructions.
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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
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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 |
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MacOS |
/Library/Preferences/com.bradfordnetworks.bndaemon.policy |
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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.
For implementation steps for company asset use cases and recommended Persistent Agent Settings, refer to the following sections:
Windows Domain (Silent Onboard (Single-Sign-On))
MacOS Machines (Onboard Through Isolation)
Linux Machines (Onboard Through Isolation)