Technical Tip: Location on host where persistent agent settings are stored

In some environments, it may be necessary to change specific configurations for the agent. These configurations are stored on the end machine hosting the agent.

There are two locations where Persistent Agent Settings are stored:

Default Settings:

Upon installation of the Persistent Agent, the default settings are written to the vendor locations indicated in the chart below.  

• Windows: (Registry Key) HKLM\Software\Bradford Networks\Client Security Agent
• Note: On 64-bit operating systems in RegEdit, these registry values will appear in the following key: HKLMSoftwarewow6432node
• Mac OSX:  /Library/Preferences/com.bradfordnetworks.bndaemon
• Linux:  /etc/xdg/com.bradfordnetworks/PersistentAgent.conf
  
  

Policy Settings:

Used when pushing settings via software. These settings take precedence over the Default Settings. Policy Settings can only be changed via software push.

• Windows: (Registry Key) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Bradford Networks\Persistent Agent
• Note: On 64-bit operating systems in RegEdit, these registry values will appear in the following key: HKLMSoftwarewow6432node
• Mac OSX: /Library/Preferences/com.bradfordnetworks.bndaemon.policy
• Linux: /etc/xdg/com.bradfordnetworks/PersistentAgentPolicy.conf
  
  

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