Agent
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1 Overview
Agents are software that are installed as a service on an operating system that runs policies and actions and sends the results back to Veloopti. The Veloopti agent is written in the C++ programming language. We use the Poco software library meaning we can write the agent once but compile it to run on many different Operating Systems[1]. We have written it so there are very few external dependencies requirements. This is why the windows registry is not used in favor of file based configuration settings.
1.1 Downloading
To download the agent software navigate to the nodes page and click on the download agent icon 
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1.2 Installing
1.3 Configuring
The Veloopti agent is configured from the web GUI.
1.4 Folders and files
There are 4 folders located where the Veloopti agent was installed.
| Directory | Description | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| \bin | Contains the program executables and any dynamically linked libraries (DLL's) that are required for the Operating System. | |
| \conf | Contains the configuration files | Note that the configuration files are encrypted and may not be manually edited. conf.json is the agent specific configuration file and shouldn't be copied to any other agent. The \certs sub-folder contains the SSL certificates that are used to encrypt the traffic between the Veloopti servers and the agent. The \policies sub-folder contains the current policies that are running on the server. |
| \log | Contains the log files | Logging levels can be changed on the Agent software page of the Node |
| \tmp | Contains temporary files | Temporary files include the results from policies and actions that are waiting to be sent to the Veloopti Agent Controllers.
\agent - results from policies and actions that are waiting to be sent to the Veloopti Agent Controllers. \chunks - stores partial files as the are being received from the Agent Controllers. \files - stores complete files. \upgrade - stores the new agent version before it is upgraded |
1.5 Security
The agent does not listen to a port on the server. The agent creates an outbound only connection to the Veloopti Agent Controllers on port 443.
1.6 Agent Tokens
To be completed when tokens are implemented.