Category Archives: Remoting

Remote connectivity to target servers in order to perform file transfers or actions such as running remote scripts or processes.

Agent vs Agentless Deployments Part 3 – You Decide

Posted on November 11, 2011 by richard.bettison

In the previous two posts we looked at the pros and cons of SSH and Agent based deployment scenarios. Both solutions have advantages and disadvantages and everyone will have an opinion of which they prefer. If you’d asked me this … Continue reading →

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Agent vs Agentless Deployments Part 2: SSH Based Deployments

Posted on November 10, 2011 by richard.bettison

Agentless deployments usually rely on some native process running on the target server that can be leveraged to provide access for performing deployment type operations. In this post we’ll look at the very popular and widely used Ssh protocol for … Continue reading →

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Agent vs Agentless Deployments Part 1: Agent Based Deployments

Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin

Agent based deployments rely on the presence of a running process and associated connection port(s) on the target infrastructure as a means to transport files and/or execute actions or commands. Agents can also be used to discover configurations on target … Continue reading →