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Local Agent Configuration

Local Configuration

A local agent configuration manages a Web Agent using local files that are installed on the system hosting the web server. The parameter settings in the local file override any settings stored in an Agent Configuration Object on the Policy Server. The settings in the Agent Configuration Object do not change. Situations to consider local agent configuration include the following:

• When you have three Apache Web Agents, and the first two (A and B) use identical parameter settings, but you want the third Apache Agent (C) use the most of the settings from A and B while acting as a reverse proxy. To accomplish this, use central agent configuration for Apache Agents A and B, but use local configuration for Apache Agent C.

• When the Policy Server administrator is not the same person (or group) who configures an Agent. For example, the information technology department in a company maintains the Policy Server, but the finance department uses an Agent to control access to an accounting application. Someone from the information technology department enables local configuration for the Agent on the Policy Server, but another person from the finance department controls the specific configuration settings for the Agent that protects the accounting application.

Framework Web Agents use the following files for local configuration:

WebAgent.conf

Contains the core settings that the Framework Web Agent uses to start and connect to a Policy Server.

LocalConfig.conf

Contains the configuration settings for the Framework Web Agents.

Traditional Web Agents use the following file for local configuration:

WebAgent.conf

Contains all of the configuration settings for traditional Web Agents.