When you create a new policy, the Carbon Black App Control server generates a policy-specific agent installer for each agent platform and posts it to an agent download area. Each installer specifies the policy, policy settings, Enforcement Level, and the address of the server managing the agent.
When the Carbon Black App Control server is upgraded, agent installers are not automatically upgraded; you must upgrade agents separately. Depending upon your upgrade plans, you might download and install the new agent version on the endpoint, or allow the Carbon Black App Control server to manage the upgrade. See Upgrading Agents on Endpoints for more details.
Carbon Black App Control agent installers are created in a file format that is appropriate for each platform:
- MSI (Microsoft installer) packages for Windows
- ZIP archives for Windows (available only for Windows agent version 8.7.4 and above)
- TGZ archives for Linux
- DMG files for macOS
The download page for these packages is accessible through a URL on the server. You can bookmark this URL and access the page without logging into the console.
