Installing Network Agent for Linux

To manage devices in an organization, you have to install Network Agent on each of them. Deployment of distributed Kaspersky Security Center Linux on corporate devices normally begins with installation of Network Agent on them.

There are the following methods to initially install Network Agent on the 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.

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 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 capacity of 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 Preparing a Linux device and installing Network Agent on a Linux device remotely Preparing a device running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 for installation of Network Agent Preparing a device running Astra Linux in the closed software environment mode for installation of Network Agent Preparing a device running Ubuntu Server or Ubuntu Desktop version 10.04 for installation of Network Agent Installing Network Agent for Linux in silent mode (with an answer file) Installing Network Agent for Linux in interactive mode Support of file system rollback for devices with Network Agent

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