SurePassID Local Agent

Owned by Mark Poidomani
Last updated: Sept 10, 2020 by Odin Soli
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What is the SurePassID Local Agent?


The SurePassID Local Agent integrates SurePassID into your existing enterprise as if it were part of your on-premises datacenter. The SurePassID Local Agent is installed in your datacenter typically behind your firewall. The SurePassID Local Agent is comprised of several sub-agents. The following sub-agents are available:

  • Radius Agent – A system service that allows SurePassID to authenticate users from  any Radius-compliant system such as Microsoft Universal Access Gateway, VPN devices (Cisco, Sonicwall, etc.), Wi-Fi Access points, etc.
  • Event Log Synchronization Agent – A Power Shell application that can selectively pull SurePassID system events into your on-premises Windows Event Logs or Unix syslogs. This allows you to manage SurePassID with your system management tools and operational procedures.
  • User Synchronization Agent - A Power Shell application that can update SurePassID user information from your existing on-premises directory service such as Active Directory. SurePassID only allows you to sync information such as First Name, Last Name, Phone Number, Email, etc. SurePassID never access/synchronizes passwords.

Installing

To start the installation you must fist download the installation file SurePassID Local Agent installer (SurePassLocalAgent.exe) to one of your local Windows servers.  After the file has been downloaded, run SurePassLocalAgent.exe. 

The SurePassID Local Agent installer will install all of the agents. Once installed, you can configure the Radius Agent sub-agents using the Configuration Manager application.

The full installation documentation can be found at SurePassID Local Agent Installation Guide.

Configuration Manager app

The SurePassID Local Agent is configured using the Configuration Manager application. This application is installed as part of the Local Agent install.

Security

SurePassID Local Agent uses transport level security (SSL) at a minimum. Optionally, SurePassID Local Agent can be configured to use message level for security for a higher level security. Message-level security requires an X509 certificate exchange between SurePassID and your on-premises systems. 

System Logging

All of SurePassID sub-agents maintain their own system log files and write critical information to the system log.  In tandem these two different event logs help you trouble shoot and repair any issues that a sub-agent system might encounter during daily operations.

Full documentation can be found at SurePassID Local Agent Installation Guide.