Installing the Lineai Windows .NET Agent

The agents send metadata to Lineai, they are installed on the servers upon which the applications or databases are running. The applications and databases to be scanned are specified in the agent configuration files.

Note

You must have .NET 6.0 installed.

Install a Certificate

Important

If you are using an internal Certificate Authority, ensure that the necessary root certificates are added to your system.

See Trusted Root Certification Authorities Certificate Store - Windows drivers.

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Importing root/intermediate certificate into Windows

certutil.exe -addstore root path\to\yourCertificate.cer

Download the Windows .NET Agent

Download the installer from your Lineai server package repository:

wget http://your_server/lineai/server/packages/netcape-installer.exe

Replace your_server with your Lineai server hostname.

Run the Installer

• Double-click the downloaded netcape-installer.exe icon to begin installation.
• Enter the your Lineai URL.
• Optionally, enter a descriptive name for the agent.

Note

The descriptive name is populated with the default agent name. If a descriptive name is not entered, the default name will be used.

• Click Next.
• To accept the default installation path, click Next or click Change… to change the install location.
• Complete the installation.

Execute or Start the Agent

The Lineai.NET Agent is executed through a Command-Line Interface (CLI).

CLI

Change directory to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lineai\NetCape directory and run the agent from the command line.

Commands

cd “C:\Program Files (x86)\Lineai\NetCape”
NetCapeAgent “path_to_scan”

Note

:::|:::note[Note] Replace “path_to_scan” with the path to the .NET application to be analyzed.

A lot of output will be printed. The window can be minimized. When decomposing, all available CPUs will be used.

Authorize the Agent

For security, agents must be authorized before they will send metadata to Lineai.

Obtain AGENT_UUID and AGENT_PASSWORD from your Lineai administrator, or set these environment variables before starting the agent. If credentials are not pre-provisioned, the agent may register with the server and await administrator approval before scans are accepted.

Next Steps To run a scan immediately, see Binary Scanning via Command Line (.NET). To configure scanning, and set up a scanning schedule, see Configuring the Lineai Windows .NET Agent.