Adding Agent Attributes

Purpose

This document describes the user defined attributes in agents.

Introduction

In Outpost24, agents can be tagged with custom attributes that embed metadata—like location, criticality, role, or identifiers—directly into the agent installer and later into agent records. This makes managing large numbers of agents easier because once installed and enrolled, each agent shows its assigned attributes under Managed Targets after a discovery scan. With this, you get richer, contextual information alongside each agent’s status, which helps with reporting, filtering, grouping, and understanding where attention or resources need to go.

How To Add Agent Specific Attributes

1. Open the Attributes tab in Main Menu > Settings > Account.

2. By following the instructions on how to create attributes in the Attributes document, create the attributes you wish to be added to the agent.
   For example, Agent ID, Locations, Critical, Other Target Attributes and so on.
   

   

   
   

3. Once saved, navigate to the Agent Installers tab in Main Menu > Support.

4. Fill in the Platform, Architecture, and Package as usual.
   

   

   
   

5. Add the information to the attributes created earlier.

6. Click the Download button to save the agent installer and continue with the installation as described in Installing Outpost24 Agents.

After the Agent has been installed and enrolled, the agents are listed with the attributes under Managed Targets after a discovery scan.

Reference

Attributes