Agents

The Agents view lists all the agents in your organization. Click Agents from the left navigation menu to access the view.

The agents table shows key information about each agent, such as its status, deployment state, and performance metrics. For a description of each column, see Agent properties.

You can customize the agent list and export it to a CSV file for use with third-party tools. See Customize the Agents view and Download agent information.

Agent actions

Each agent has an Actions menu with agent control functions that vary depending on context, agent status, and deployment state.

Table 1. Agent actions
Action	Description
Restart	Stop and start all modules.
Start	Start all stopped modules.
Stop	Stop all modules.
Edit configuration	View and update the agent configuration.
Update configuration	Push a configuration update to the agent.
Assign configuration	Assign a new configuration to the agent. For more information, see Assign a configuration.
Unassign configuration	Unassign the current configuration from the agent. The agent’s configuration remains unchanged. The agent no longer receives updates made to the previously assigned configuration.
Enroll	Onboard the agent to NXLog Platform after establishing the initial connection. For more information, see Enroll an agent or Enroll an agent manually.
Enroll with configuration	Onboard the agent to NXLog Platform after establishing the initial connection and assign a configuration to the agent.
Refresh status	Update the agent details, including status and deployment state.
Renew certificate	Renew the TLS/SSL certificate of the selected agent. You may need to use this function in case of an expired or compromised certificate. For more information, see Manage certificates.
Export	Download a ZIP file with the configuration and the certificates of the selected agent.
View logs	View the NXLog Agent log file. For more information, see View an agent’s logs.
Update display name	Configure the display name for the selected agent. For more information, see Configure agent display names.
Unenroll	Unenroll the agent from NXLog Platform. This action does not stop or uninstall the NXLog Agent. NXLog Platform re-adds it to the agent list in an unenrolled state if the agent is still running.

Agent details

To manage an individual agent, click on its name in the agents table. The agent details page shows agent information and statistics. For a description of each field, see Agent properties. You can also update the agent configuration and control the agent from this page.

The Statistics view shows the agent’s resource usage and event processing statistics per module.