Advanced Installation Options Overview

The Rapid7 Agent (Insight Agent) has several advanced installation options that can be configured to customize an agent’s update, connectivity, and Vulnerability Management (InsightVM) tagging behavior. These articles cover each of the options in detail.

Disable Rapid7 Agent (Insight Agent) updates

The Rapid7 Agent (Insight Agent) update settings can be configured on the organization level from the Command Platform (Insight Platform) using Agent Management. If you want to prevent a specific agent or a group of agents from updating regardless of your organization’s setting, you can disable updates during the agent’s installation.

Configure proxy settings

Installed Rapid7 Agents (Insight Agents) must be allowed to communicate with the Command Platform (Insight Platform) in order to power your Insight products and services. It is common for organizations to not allow direct communication from an asset to the Command Platform (Insight Platform) and to route asset traffic through a proxy server instead. If you utilize a proxy in your environment, follow proxy configuration instructions to ensure the Agent can successfully send data to the Command Platform (Insight Platform).

Set Rapid7 Agent (Insight Agent) attributes

If you subscribe to Vulnerability Management (InsightVM), you can label and group your deployed agents in Vulnerability Management (InsightVM) in ways that are meaningful to your organization using asset tags. See the agent attributes article for details on how configure each of your Rapid7 Agents (Insight Agents) with a custom tag.