What Is the HSS Agent?

The agent is used to scan all servers and containers, monitor their status in real time, and collect their information and report to the cloud protection center.

Functions of the Agent

The agent runs scan tasks every day in the early morning to scan all servers and containers, monitors their security, and reports information collected from them to the cloud protection center.
The agent blocks attacks targeted at servers and containers based on the security policies you configured.

If no agent is installed or the agent installed is abnormal, the is unavailable.

Linux Agent Processes

The agent process needs to be run by the root user.

The agent contains the following processes:

**Table 1** Agent running process on a Linux server
Agent Process Name	Function	Path
hostguard	Detects security issues, protects the system, and monitors the agent.	/usr/local/hostguard/bin/hostguard
hostwatch	Monitors the agent process.	/usr/local/hostguard/bin/hostwatch
upgrade	Upgrades the agent.	/usr/local/hostguard/bin/upgrade

Windows Agent Processes

The agent process needs to be run by the system user.

The agent contains the following processes:

**Table 2** Agent running process on a Windows server
Agent Process Name	Function	Path
HostGuard.exe	Detects security issues, protects the system, and monitors the agent.	C:\Program Files\HostGuard\HostGuard.exe
HostWatch.exe	Monitors the agent process.	C:\Program Files\HostGuard\HostWatch.exe
upgrade.exe	Upgrades the agent.	C:\Program Files\HostGuard\upgrade.exe