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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.


Step 1: Locate the Armor Anywhere 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).  



Step 2: Install the Armor Anywhere Agent

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


Option 1: Armor Anywhere Agent with all Security Services
Run the command to install the Armor Anywhere agent with all Security Services. 

 Click here for the install command for the agent with all services...

For Linux users:

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

You must replace

  • AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1 with your specific license key


Option 2: Armor Anywhere Agent Only

Run the command to install the Armor Anywhere agent only. 

 Click here for the agent only install command...

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

For Linux users:

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

You must replace

  • AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1-AAAA1 with your specific license key

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.

 Click here to expand...

For Linux users:


Install Logging:

/opt/armor/armor logging install


Install Vulnerability Scanning:

/opt/armor/armor vuln install


Turn On Malware Protection:

/opt/armor/armor av on





Step 3: Review the status of the Armor Anywhere agent 

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The State of each Armor Service will show Pending for two-hours after installation. After two hours, the State should accurately reflect the health of the service. 

To access troubleshooting documentation for each Armor Security Service, click on the name of the service in the sub-agent health table. 

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