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Web Agent Configuration Options

There are two options for configuring a Web Agent:

Central configuration

The Web Agent is configured from the Policy Server. The policy store holds the set of parameters for a group of Web Agents.

The Agent configuration is specified in an Agent Configuration Object.

Local configuration

The Web Agent is configured from a local configuration file on each web server where the Agent is installed.

You can store some parameters centrally and others locally.

Note: You can only enable and disable the Web Agent from the local Agent configuration file, not from the Policy Server. This is true whether you are configuring centrally or locally.

More information:

Agent Components

Combined Central and Local Configuration