Agents
GoAnywhere MFT Agents are light weight applications that provide real-time workflow and file transfer capabilities that are controlled from a central GoAnywhere server. Agents can be deployed to virtually any operating system including Windows, Linux, IBMi and other platforms. Agents can run on systems inside an organization’s network to move files throughout the data center, or can be deployed to branch offices, cloud environments like Amazon AWS, Azure, and other remote locations. Licensing options include Standardand Advanced.
The MFT agents are managed by a central deployment of GoAnywhere, where customers can easily configure and schedule agent file transfers right from their browser. This new version of GoAnywhere not only transfers all files securely, but also gathers key information about the transfers for simple, consolidated auditing and reporting. This unique approach provides visibility of all file transfers within the organization.
Remote Administration
Web Browser
- Workflows
- File Transfer
- Scheduler
- Folder Monitors
Alerts
Audit Logs & Reports
Goanywhere Managed File transfer
Complete Management and Security with GoAnywhere Agents
GoAnywhere is an MFT solution that centralizes control of all connected agents. Administrative users in GoAnywhere will configure the work that should be performed on local and remote agents and can also view events that occurred, such as file transfers or completed workflows
MFT Agent Encryption & Authentication
The communication between each agent and GoAnywhere is encrypted using SSL TLS. The authentication is a multi-step secure process establishing trust between agents and GoAnywhere.
QUICK FACTS
• Multi-platform
• Browser Interface
• Single Point of Control
• Encryption Standards
• Detailed Audit Trails
• Compliance Reports
• Create Workflows using Drag-n-Drop
• Over 60 Unique Tasks
Administration, Setup, & Configuration Across Locations
Agents don’t have their own individual user interface since administration is performed through GoAnywhere’s browser-based console. Agents can be grouped together to simplify setup and configuration. This allows users to define tasks that should run on all agents in a group.
For example, an organization that has hundreds of retail stores can easily roll out new files to each store in the group, or a group of Linux servers can be defined to execute the same shell scripts on all systems at once.
Upgrading MFT Agents
GoAnywhere automatically distributes software upgrades to agents as needed. This is a seamless process in which GoAnywhere will upgrade agents while they are idle (to minimize disruption).
Remote Agent Deployment
After installing GoAnywhere MFT on your internal network, you can install Agents on specific servers or workstations within your network, at remote locations, and within cloud infrastructure that will automatically monitor folders, carry out file transfers, and synchronize concurrent workflows at various locations. The following illustration shows how MFT agents can be installed on systems in your organization’s network and at remote locations:
1. Agents in the Internal Network
Agents can be installed on servers or workstations in your network for transferring files from and to GoAnywhere and other systems for
processing. The agents can perform additional workflows on the system where the agent is deployed such as copying files, running
commands, or parsing data.
2. Agents at Remote Locations & “Retail Polling”
Agents can be installed at remote locations to automatically monitor folders and transfer files on an automated basis. This “retail polling”
feature is ideal for synchronizing files between a corporate data center and remote locations such as stores or branch offices.
3. Agents on Trading Partner Systems
Agents can be installed on servers owned by your trading partners. When a trading partner places a file in a folder which is monitored by
the agent, GoAnywhere can automatically pull the file to your organization’s network. In turn, GoAnywhere can use those agent
connections to push files to your trading partners.
4. Agents on Cloud Infrastructure
MFT agents can be installed on server instances within cloud infrastructure like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. These agents could be
used to move files securely between the cloud and your internal network.
Standard vs Advanced Agents
Agent Tasks
• Advanced Workflows is required to use the Agents Service.
• Monitors are available on Standard and Advanced Agent licenses with no limit.
Feature
Standard Agent
Advanced Agent
Folder monitors
Local file system tasks
Run local commands
Compression
PGP Encryption
ETL
Database tasks
GoFast client
FTP client
FTPS client
SCP client
SFTP client
Send email
Retrieve email
Execute SSH commands
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Category
Task
Standard
Advanced
Compression
Zip
Unzip
Tar
Untar
GZip
GUnzip
Database
SQL
Data Translation
Read CSV
Write CSV
Read Excel
Write Excel
Password Protect Excel
Read Fixed-width
Write Fixed-width
Read Flat File
Standard vs Advanced Agents continued
Category
Task
Standard
Advanced
Read XML
Write XML
Read JSON
Write JSON
Count RowSet
Modify RowSet
Validate RowSet
Retrieve Email
Send Email
File System
Checksum
Copy
Create File List
Delete
Make Directory
Merge Files
Move
Rename
Search and Replace
File Transfer
FTP
FTPS
SCP
SFTP
GoFast
Integration
Execute Native Command
Execute SSH Command
Job Control
Call Module
Delay
If
Else
Exit Module
Exit Project
Raise Error
Standard vs Advanced Agents continued
Category
Task
Standard
Advanced
Loops
Do-While Loop
Exit Loop
For Loop
For-Each Loop
Iterate Loop
While Loop
Miscellaneous Tasks
Base64 Decode
Base64 Encode
Close RowSet
SetVariable
Timestamp
PGP
PGP Decrypt
PGP Encrypt
PGP Sign
PGP Verify
Project
Comment
Module
Variable
Web Services
Create JWT
REST Delete
REST Get
REST Multipart Post
REST Options
REST Patch
REST Post
REST Put
SOAP
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