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ACC Prerequisites and Deployment Planning

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • ACC prerequisites
  • How to plan the rollout
  • SNWR’s Finance plan

🔁 Quick look back: Last time: When to Choose ACC Instead of Agentless Discovery. You learned when to choose ACC over agentless, and its limits.

1 The Problem: Agents Touch Every Target Server

Unlike scans, agents are installed on each server. For Finance, that means:

  • Priya’s team installs software on six sensitive servers.
  • Security must approve the agent itself.

🎯 The problem: Agents touch every target server, so they need careful planning.

👉 The fix: Prepare packages, rules and approvals, then roll out in small steps.

Checklist of ACC prerequisites.
Figure 1. ACC prerequisites for the Finance zone.

2 Prerequisites

  • Install packages for the host OS.
  • The MID Server set up to accept agents.
  • A firewall rule for the agent’s outbound connection.
  • Security approval.
  • A rollout plan with the server team.

3 Rolling out

  1. Install on one server.
  2. Check it connects and sends data.
  3. Install on the rest in a change window.
  4. Check each one.

4 Project Clear View: How We Implemented It

📍 Situation: ACC for Finance was approved.

🧭 Decision: Prepare everything and plan a one-then-five rollout with Priya.

🛠️ Steps we took:

  1. Downloaded the Windows agent package from snwr.
  2. Ravi opened the outbound rule to the Mumbai MID cluster.
  3. Set up the MID cluster to accept agents.
  4. Planned snwr-fin-01 first, then the other five.

✅ What we verified:

  • All prerequisites are green.
  • The rollout is booked in a change window.

📁 Evidence: ACC prerequisites in the tracker.

5 Quick recap

  • Agents need packages, MID setup, a firewall rule and approval.
  • Plan with the server team.
  • Install on one server first.
  • Check each server after install.

6 Check yourself

Think of your answer first. Then tap to check.

1 Which firewall rule does ACC need at SNWR? Show answer

One outbound rule from Finance to the Mumbai MID cluster.

2 Why install on one server first? Show answer

To check it connects and sends data before the rest.

3 Who installs the agents? Show answer

Priya’s server team.

Nice work! SNWR is ready to deploy ACC. 🎉
Next up: Policies and Collecting Host Information

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