12.1 Validating Agent Services Installation

The following are key processes used by Security Agent for UNIX to validate the Agent services installation:

Key process

Description

VigilEntAgent

UAM uses this process to communicate with the common components of the Agent. This process should run continuously after the Agent is installed. Agent also uses this process to run security checks and perform baselining for Sentinel.

detectd

Sentinel use this process to perform monitoring tasks and data retrieval. The behavior of this process is directed by the content of the detect.xml file.

Nqmagt

This process monitors the status of the other Agent processes and restarts them if necessary. This process should run continuously after the Agent is installed.