Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform

Managed and unmanaged connectors

The application can use managed and unmanaged connectors.

A connector is managed if its software modules can automatically register and start after the connector is added, and these modules can be managed when the connector is enabled or disabled, or when it is deleted. Only nodes that have application components installed can serve as deployment nodes for managed connectors.

An unmanaged connector does not provide the functionality of a managed connector. You must register such a connector, start, stop, or delete its software modules manually on the node where the connector is deployed. When you enable or disable an unmanaged connector, the application reflects this by allowing or denying the interaction with the connector on the side of the Central Node server.

Connections between connectors and the Central Node server are secured using certificates. Connector certificates are generated when the connectors are added to the application. For software modules of managed connectors, the application automatically sends the generated certificates. When adding an unmanaged connector (or when adding a managed connector in the ignore managed connector mode), you must manually upload the certificate for software modules of the connector using a communication data package. If you need to replace a certificate (issue a new one) for such a connector, you need to create a new communication data package and use it to upload the new certificate. The only way of replacing certificates of managed connectors is by deleting and re-adding the connectors.