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title: Adding Machines
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title: 'Adding Machines'
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Adding Machines
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## OVERVIEW
[Acronis Link](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisCyberProtect_16/index.html#adding-machines-via-web-interface.html)

You can add a machine in one of the following ways: 

- By downloading the setup program and running it locally on the target machine.
- By remotely installing a protection agent on the target machine.

:::info
:information_source: **Info**
This documentation focues on downloading the setup program and running it locally on the target machine.
:::
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## Adding a machine running Windows
You can add a Windows machine in the following ways:

- by installing a protection agent remotely, from the Cyber Protect console
- by downloading and running the setup program locally

### Installing the Agent Locally
1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Cyber Protect setup program.
2. [Optional] To change the language of the setup program, click **Setup language.**
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement and the privacy statement, and then click Proceed.
4. Select **Install a protection agent**.
5. In the Cyber Protect console, click the account icon in the upper-right corner, and then click **Downloads**.
6. Click the name of the Windows installer that you need.
    
- The setup program is downloaded to your machine.

7. Run the setup program on the machine that you want to protect.
8. Click **Install** on the dialog box that appears. (This is the easiest way to install the product as most of the installation parameters will be set to their default values.)
    ***The following components will be installed:***
```    
    - Agent for Windows
    - Other agents (Agent for Hyper-V, Agent for Exchange, Agent for SQL, and
    - Agent for Active Directory), if the respective hypervisor or application is detected on the machine
    - Bootable Media Builder
    - Command-Line Tool
    - Cyber Protect Monitor
```

9. Specify the management server where the machine with the agent will be registered:
    - Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.
    - Specify the credentials of a management server administrator or a registration token.
    For more information on how to generate a registration token, see [Generating a registration token](https://hackmd.io/@shieldforce/rkGrFiYO1x).
    - Click **Done**.
10. If prompted, select whether the machine with the agent will be added to the organization or to one of the units.
This prompt appears if you administer more than one unit, or an organization with at least one unit. Otherwise, the machine will be silently added to the unit you administer or to the organization. For more information, see Units and administrative accounts.
11. Proceed with the installation.
12. After the installation completes, click **Close**.

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## Adding a machine running Linux

>[!Note] To install Agent for Linux, you need at least **2 GB** of free disk space.

###  To install Agent for Linux
1. As the root user, navigate to the directory with the installation file (.i686 or .x86_64 file), make the file executable, and then run it.
```
> chmod +x <installation file name>
```
```
> ./<installation file name>
```
2. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
3. Specify the components to install:
    -    Clear the Acronis Cyber Protect Management Server check box.
    -    Select the check boxes for the agents that you want to install. The following agents are available:
        -    **Agent for Linux**
        -    **Agent for Oracle**
        Agent for Oracle requires that Agent for Linux is also installed.
    -    Click **Next**.
4. Specify the management server where the machine with the agent will be registered.
    -    To register under a user account:
            - Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.
            - Specify the user name and password of a management server administrator.
            - Click **Next**.
    -    To register by using a token:
            - Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.
            - Specify the registration token.
            For more information on how to obtain a token, see [Generating a registration token](https://hackmd.io/@shieldforce/rkGrFiYO1x).
            Click **Next**.
5. If prompted, select whether the machine with the agent will be added to the organization or to one of the units, and then press **Enter**.
This prompt appears if the account specified in the previous step administers more than one unit or an organization with at least one unit.
6. If UEFI Secure Boot is enabled on the machine, you are informed that you need to restart the system after the installation. Be sure to remember what password (the one of the root user) should be used.
7. After the installation completes, do one of the following:
    -    Click **Restart**, if you were prompted to restart the system in the previous step.
     During the system restart, opt for MOK (Machine Owner Key) management, choose **Enroll MOK**, and then enroll the key by using the password recommended in the previous step.
     -    Otherwise, click **Exit**.


## Adding a machine running MacOS
1. Double-click the installation file (.dmg).
2. Wait while the operating system mounts the installation disk image.
3. Double-click **Install**, and then click **Continue**.
4. [Optional] Click **Change install location** to change the disk where the software will be installed. By default, the system startup disk is selected.
5. Click **Install**. If prompted, enter the administrator's user name and password.
6. Specify the management server where the machine with the agent will be registered:
    -    Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.
    -    Specify the user name and password of a management server administrator.
    -    Click **Register**.
7. If prompted, select whether the machine with the agent will be added to the organization or to one of the units, and then click **Done**.
This prompt appears if the account specified in the previous step administers more than one unit or an organization with at least one unit.
8. After the installation completes, click **Close**.

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###### tags: `ShieldForce` `Machines`
