Installing Wazuh agents on Windows systems

The agent runs on the host you want to monitor and communicates with the Wazuh manager, sending data in near real time through an encrypted and authenticated channel.

1. To start the installation process, download the Windows installer.

2. Select the installation method you want to follow: command line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI).

   CLIGUI

   To deploy the Wazuh agent to your system, choose one of the command shell alternatives and edit the WAZUH_MANAGER and WAZUH_REGISTRATION_SERVER variables so that they contain the Wazuh manager IP address or hostname.

   • Using CMD:

     wazuh-agent-4.1.5-1.msi /q WAZUH_MANAGER="10.0.0.2" WAZUH_REGISTRATION_SERVER="10.0.0.2"
     

   • Using PowerShell:

     .\wazuh-agent-4.1.5-1.msi /q WAZUH_MANAGER="10.0.0.2" WAZUH_REGISTRATION_SERVER="10.0.0.2"
     

   For additional deployment options such as agent name, agent group, and registration password, see the Deployment variables for Windows section.

   The installation process is now complete and the Wazuh agent is successfully installed, registered, and configured, running on your Windows system.

   Note

   Alternatively, if you want to install an agent without registering it, omit the deployment variables. To learn more about the different registration methods, see the Registering Wazuh agents section.

By default, all agent files are stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent after the installation.