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Before you begin, Armor recommends that you pre-installation information, including firewall rules. To learn more, see Armor Anywhere Agent 3.0 Pre-Installation.

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Step 1: Locate the Armor Anywhere

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Agent

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure
  2. Click Virtual Machines
  3. Hover over the plus ( + ) icon, and then click the Anywhere Agent  icon.
    • If you don't have any agents listed, then click Add an Armor Agent. 
  4. Copy your license key. You will need this information in a later step.
  5. Select your operating system (Linux or Windows).  


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Step 2: Install the Armor

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Anywhere Agent

Users now have two options to choose from when installing the Armor Anywhere agent:

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Selecting this option installs the Armor Anywhere agent only. To install additional security services, please see step 2a. 

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For Linux users:

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sudo curl -sSL https://agent.armor.com/latest/armor_agent.sh | sudo bash /dev/stdin -l AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1 -r us-west
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You must replace

  • AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1 with your specific license key
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Armor Best Practices: Recommendation Scans

If you install the Armor Agent only and plan to use the Intrusion Prevention Service and/or File Integrity Monitoring, Armor recommends utilizing the new Recommendation Scans feature to automatically apply a baseline set of rules specifically optimized for your VM (based on installed applications, open ports, and more).

Below are the steps to turn on Recommendation Scans to follow Armor's best practices.

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Install Armor Security Services

Below are the commands to install Armor's additional Security Services.

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For Linux users:


Install Logging:

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/opt/armor/armor logging install


Install Vulnerability Scanning:

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/opt/armor/armor vuln install


Turn On Malware Protection:

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/opt/armor/armor av on


For more information on these additional Armor Security services, please see the comprehensive list of services and commands here

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