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USU Discovery Data Hub Agent

USU Discovery Data Hub Agent is a Windows-based agent which runs a Windows Service, that listens for queued tasks and executes them locally. The purpose of this component is also to transfer the collected data to the parent instance.

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USU Discovery Data Hub Agent is required to perform automatic data collection from the USU Discovery Data Hub UI.

The process of setting up a data agent has the following steps:

  1. Identify the machine, from which scanned services are available and where there are enough permissions.

  2. Check the prerequisites before installing the agent.

  3. Install the agent.

  4. Start the agent.

  5. Authorize the agent.

All of these are described in details in the Installation and configuration section.