Administration Guide

Audit Agents Reference

Reference for the per-Site Audit Agents catalog: list purpose, observed columns, lifecycle states, and operational signals.

Admin Center > Site Settings > Tasks and services > Audit agents.

Purpose

This list shows every Audit Agent currently registered for the Site. It is the admin-side confirmation point after agent deployment and the first place to check when a remote endpoint stops reporting.

The top section exposes the same platform download actions as the deployment page:

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

List view

The current observed grid is a Site-scoped list of registered agents.

Column Type Description
Name String Endpoint or host name of the registered Audit Agent. Sorted ascending by default.
Status Enum / icon Current health state. Inactive agents show a status marker.
Audit ID UUID Stable identifier of the agent registration.
IP address String Last known address reported by the agent.
Device Link / String Related device record in Inventory when one is already linked. The exact presentation may vary by deployment.

Note: The tested environment exposed the main columns above. Some deployments may show additional metadata in the row or detail view.

Lifecycle states

State Meaning
Active Agent is installed and sending heartbeats.
Inactive Agent has not checked in within the configured inactivity period.
ScheduledForDeletion Agent is marked for deletion after inactivity or an administrative cleanup action.

If an agent comes back online while scheduled for deletion, it self-uninstalls. If it remains offline until expiry, AlloyScan removes the registration record from the server side.

Operational signals

Signal What to check
Newly deployed endpoint does not appear Confirm outbound HTTPS/443 reachability from the endpoint and wait for first registration and audit.
Agent listed as inactive Check endpoint availability and confirm the service is still installed and running locally.
Endpoint present in Inventory but stale Compare the agent's last observed activity with device audit history.

Relationship to Audit Agent settings

The inactivity window and related retention behavior are controlled from Admin Center > Site Settings > Settings > Audit agent settings. The agents list is the observable result surface; the settings page controls the policy.