Manual Inventory Agent Download

This section describes how to download and install the Flexera Inventory Agent onto devices in your network to collect inventory and connectivity information from those devices. For information about automatic deployment, refer to Specifying Inventory Groups to Which the Agent Configuration Applies.

For information about features and fixes included with versions of the agents, refer to FlexNet Inventory Agent Change Log.

To download the Inventory Agent installer:

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Go to the Installers page (Data Collection > IT Visibility Inventory Tasks > Installers).

The Installers page displays.

2.

Go to Agent Installer section.

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Select the Platform the agent will be installed on and the Version of the agent to install from their respective dropdown lists.

4.

Click Download and save the file to a suitable location.

For details about configuring this file, or preparing an equivalent for UNIX-like platforms, see Gathering FlexNet Inventory.

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If you are downloading an agent installer for Windows or Linux, you can optionally also download a bootstrapping file template for that platform. Click the Download bootstrapping file template for <platform> to start the download.

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Note:The Installers page also includes the Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent. Currently, this agent is available for download from both the IT Asset Management Installers page and the IT Visibility Installers page; however, at this time, the Kubernetes inventory agent collects inventory for IT Asset Management only. It does not collect inventory for IT Visibility.

For details about configuring the Kubernetes inventory agent to collect inventory for IT Asset Management, see Editing Configuration for the Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent.