manage_agents

The manage_agents program is available in both a version for server and agent installations.

The purpose of manage_agents is to provide an easy-to-use interface to handle authentication keys for Wazuh agents. These authentication keys are required for secure (encrypted and authenticated) communication between the Wazuh server and its affiliated agent instances.

Usage

manage_agents -[VhljL] [-a <ip> -n <name>] [-F sec] [-e id] [-r id] [-i id] [-f file]

Options

-V	Version and license message.
-h	This help message.
-j	Use JSON output.
-l	List available agents.
-L	Disables the agents registration limit.
	Supported installations	Manager
-a <ip>	Add new agent.
	Supported installations	Manager
-n <name>	Name for new agent. Only valid along with -a.
	Supported installations	Manager
-e <id>	Extracts key for an agent.
	Supported installations	Manager
-r <id>	Remove an agent.
	Supported installations	Manager
-i <id>	Import authentication key.
	Supported installations	Agent
-F <sec>	Remove agents with duplicated IP if disconnected since <sec> seconds. With `-F 0` it will always remove duplicated agents.
	Supported installations	Manager
-f <file>	Bulk generate client keys from file. `<file>` contains lines in `IP,NAME` format.
	Supported installations	Manager