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Network Agent

Interaction between Administration Server and devices is performed by the Network Agent component of Open Single Management Platform. Network Agent must be installed on all devices on which Open Single Management Platform is used to manage Kaspersky applications.

Network Agent is installed on a device as a service, with the following set of attributes:

• With the name "Kaspersky Security Center Network Agent"
• Set to start automatically when the operating system starts
• Using the LocalSystem account

A device that has Network Agent installed is called a managed device or device. You can download the installation package for Network Agent from the following sources:

• Administration Server storage (you must have Administration Server installed)
• Kaspersky web servers

By default, Network Agent is installed in the following locations:

• For Linux:
  • 32-bit systems: /opt/kaspersky/klnagent/
  • 64-bit systems: /opt/kaspersky/klnagent64/
• For Windows:
  • 32-bit systems: C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\NetworkAgent
  • 64-bit systems: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\NetworkAgent

For Windows devices, you can specify a different folder for the installation of Network Agent in the settings of the installation package. However, for Linux devices, Network Agent can only be installed in the default directory.

The Network Agent installation folder also contains utilities for managing and diagnosing the operation of Network Agent, such as the klmover and klnagchk utilities.

When you install Administration Server, the server version of Network Agent is automatically installed together with Administration Server. Nevertheless, to manage the Administration Server device as any other managed device, install Network Agent for Linux on the Administration Server device. In this case, Network Agent for Linux is installed and works independently from the server version of Network Agent that you installed together with Administration Server.

The names of the process that Network Agent starts are as follows:

• klnagent64.service (for a 64-bit operating system)
• klnagent.service (for a 32-bit operating system)

Network Agent synchronizes the managed device with the Administration Server. We recommend that you set the synchronization interval (also referred to as the heartbeat) to 15 minutes per 10,000 managed devices.