Configure DC Agent settings

Before you begin

In the Forcepoint Web Security module of the Forcepoint Security Manager, use the Settings > General > User Identification page to review and edit DC Agent configuration information.

To edit DC Agent settings:

Steps

  1. Use the Transparent Identification Agents table to select the IP address or hostname of the DC Agent instance that you want to configure.
    If you have installed a new DC Agent instance that does not appear in the list, click Add Agent, then select DC Agent from the drop-down list.
  2. Under Basic Agent Configuration, enter or verify the IPv4 address or hostname of the machine on which the agent is installed.
    Note:

    Hostnames must start with an alphabetical character (a-z), not a numeric or special character.

    Hostnames containing certain extended ASCII characters may not resolve properly. To avoid this issue, enter an IP address instead of a hostname.

  3. Enter or verify the Port that DC Agent should use to communicate with other web protection components. The default is 30600.
  4. To establish an authenticated connection between Filtering Service and DC Agent, select Enable authentication, and then enter a Password for the connection.

Next steps

Next, customize global DC Agent communication and troubleshooting, domain controller polling, and computer polling settings. By default, changes that you make here affect all DC Agent instances associated with a Policy Server instance.

Some of these settings can, however, be overridden in a configuration file. See Custom configuration for a DC Agent instance.