Every computer you manage in Optanik runs a small agent. You install it once per machine with a single command that already contains your workspace code, and the computer appears in Endpoints within about a minute.
Find the Optanik install command
In Optanik, open Add New and choose Agent Install, or go to Settings → Agent Install. Pick the operating system: Windows, Linux or macOS. Your workspace code is already built into the command, so there's nothing to edit.
Install the Optanik agent
- Copy the command for the computer's operating system.
- On the computer, open a terminal as an administrator. On Windows, that's PowerShell run as administrator. On macOS and Linux, use a terminal with sudo.
- Paste the command and run it.
The installer signs in with your workspace code, downloads the latest agent and its own private runtime, sets up the background service and the tray icon, and installs remote desktop. There's nothing else to configure on the computer.
Check that the computer appeared in Optanik
Open Endpoints or Workspaces. The new computer shows up within about a minute. Three green health tags mean it's online, connected to the Optanik network, and its command tunnel is up, so it's ready for remote control and actions.
On Windows the agent runs as a service that starts before anyone signs in, so you can reach the sign-in screen after a reboot.
Keep Optanik agents up to date
Leave Auto-update agents turned on and every agent updates itself when a new version is released, on Windows, Linux and macOS. On the Workspaces page, Update all brings every agent to the latest version in one click, and each computer's row has its own update action.
Remove the Optanik agent
The same Agent Install page has an uninstall command for each operating system. Run it as an administrator on the computer to remove the agent cleanly, then remove the computer from Endpoints.
What the Optanik agent costs
The first computer is free, with twelve hours of remote use a day. After that, each paid endpoint is $2.00 a month. Technicians who manage the computers are never billed.
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