Initial deployment

To manage devices in an organization, you have to install Network Agent on each of them.

The following methods can be used for the initial installation of Network Agent on a Linux managed device:

• By connecting to the managed device through SSH and running the remote installation task.
• By running the package installation on the managed device.

The following methods can be used for the initial installation of Network Agent on a Windows managed device:

• By running the remote installation task through the Windows distribution point.
• By using the Windows Installer package (MSI) for Network Agent, with third-party tools for remote installation of applications.
• By running the application installer on the managed device.
• By sending device users links to stand-alone packages generated by Kaspersky Security Center Linux. Stand-alone packages are executable modules that contain the distribution packages of selected applications, with pre-defined settings.

The following methods can be used for the initial installation of Network Agent on a macOS managed device:

• By running the remote installation task through the macOS distribution point.
• By sending device users links to stand-alone packages generated by Kaspersky Security Center Linux. Stand-alone packages are executable modules that contain the distribution packages of selected applications, with pre-defined settings.

After Network Agent is installed on a device, you can perform the remote installation of Kaspersky applications on that device through this Network Agent. The distribution package of an application to be installed is transferred over communication channels between Network Agents and Administration Server, along with the installation settings defined by the administrator. To transfer the distribution package, you can use relay distribution nodes, that is, distribution points, multicast delivery, etc.

When selecting a method and a strategy for deployment of applications on a managed network, you must consider a number of factors (partial list):

• Organization's network configuration.
• Total number of devices.
• Presence of devices on the organization's network, which are not members of any domain, and the presence of uniform accounts with administrator rights on those devices.
• Capacity of the channel between the Administration Server and devices.
• Type of communication between Administration Server, and remote subnets and the capacity of the network channels in those subnets.
• Security settings applied on remote devices at the start of deployment. These parameters allow to establish the remote connection to the managed device and start the installation.

In this section Configuring installers Installation packages About remote installation tasks in Kaspersky Security Center Linux Deployment by capturing and copying the image of a device Network Agent disk cloning mode Forced deployment through the remote installation task of Kaspersky Security Center Linux Running stand-alone packages created by Kaspersky Security Center Linux

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