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This page explains how to install LsAgent on a Linux computer, the different configuration options for LsAgent and finally where to find the scanned assets.
Lansweeper includes several agentless scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows computers, VMware servers and other devices in your network without installing any Lansweeper software on the machines you're scanning.
Optionally, you can scan your computers with a scanning agent instead. LsAgent is a cross-platform, lightweight program that you can install on Windows, Linux and Mac computers and that automatically collects an inventory from the computer it's installed on.
LsAgent sends scanned data back to your Lansweeper installation, either directly or through our relay server in the cloud. Data is securely sent to the relay server over HTTPS, stored in an encrypted format and deleted once a scanning server has retrieved it.
Thanks to the relay server connectivity, LsAgent can even scan computers outside of your network and over the internet.
To install LsAgent on a Linux computer and subsequently have LsAgent scan the machine:
If you will be scanning the Linux computer over the internet, make sure outbound traffic is allowed on your Lansweeper scanning server.
Specifically, the scanning server must be able to make an outbound connection to port 443 of lsagentrelay.lansweeper.com, our cloud relay server, to retrieve data scanned by LsAgent. The relay server is hosted in Azure (Microsoft cloud environment) by us. If LsAgent cannot send data directly to a Lansweeper scanning server, it will send the data to the relay instead, where the scanning server can collect it.
If you will be scanning the Linux computer over the internet, enable access to the Lansweeper relay server under Scanning > Cloud Relay Configuration in the Lansweeper web console. The relay access check may take a minute to complete. If you have multiple scanning servers, you can configure which one collects relay data.
Run the LsAgent installer on your Linux client machine and choose Next. You may need to tick Allow Executing File As Program in the installer's properties to do this.
The Cloud Relay Authentication Key you copied.
If you fill in this field, LsAgent will send scanned data to the Lansweeper relay server, where your scanning server can collect it. If you submit both your scanning server and relay authentication key, LsAgent will first try to send data directly to the scanning server and, if that fails, to the relay server. Data is securely sent to the relay server over HTTPS, stored in an encrypted format and deleted once a scanning server has retrieved it.
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