Agent properties

To modify agent properties:

1. Click Configuration tab > Agents Management.

2. From the right pane, right–click an agent and select Properties.

Agent Properties - General tab

3.(Optional) From General tab, specify the name, type and authentication method for the selected agent.

Agent Properties - Agent Status tab

4. From Agent Status tab, enable/disable agent deployment by clicking Deploy agent or Disallow agent installation.

5. Click Change scan schedule… to configure the selected agent's scan schedule.

6. From Scanning profile drop-down menu, select the active scan profile.

7. From Auto remediation settings, click Change settings… to enable/disable agent auto–remediation. For more information refer to Configuring auto-remediation options.

Agent Properties - Attributes tab

8. Click Attributes tab to manage the attributes assigned to the selected computer. Use the Add, Edit and Remove buttons to manage attributes.

Agent Properties - Relays tab

9. Click Relays tab to configure agent relays. Relays enable computers other than the one hosting GFI LanGuard to act as GFI LanGuard server. This helps you load-balance traffic directed to that machine and optimize network scanning performance.

10. Configure the options described below:

Option	Description
Set as relay	Set the selected computer as a relay agent. The selected computer will send product updates and patches to other agents to reduce the load from the GFI LanGuard machine. Click Set as relay... and follow the configuration wizard.
Remove relay	Remove the relay agent role from the selected computer. Click Remove relay... and follow the configuration wizard.
Connect directly to GFI LanGuard server	The selected computer will download product updates and patches from the GFI LanGuard server.
Use relay agent	The selected computer will use a relay agent to download product updates and patches. Select the relay agent to use from the drop down list.

11. (Optional) Click Advanced Settings and configure the following options:

Option	Description
Caching directory	All patches and updates are stored in this location before installation on the client computer.
Port where to serve	The port used by the relay agent to serve requests.
Address where to server	The address used by client computers to connect to the relay agent (By default the DNSA database used by TCP/IP networks that enables the translation of hostnames into IP numbers and to provide other domain related information. host name is used).

12. Click OK twice.