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Machines.

The fleet list, finding a machine, and adding new ones.

Install the agent on a machine
One line per platform. It downloads the signed agent, installs the service, and connects.
Hand someone the install page
A page they can open without signing in. The one-liner in the console is a different address.
Install by hand when the one-liner cannot run
Windows and Linux list the same three steps the script would have done.
Install the agent on a firewall or a router
OPNsense and pfSense, Teltonika and OpenWrt, and VyOS. Each is one line, run as root.
Change how often a machine reports
The install line can ask for a heartbeat shorter than five minutes. Graphs update sooner. The machine sends more.
Re-point a machine that is already installed
Tick Apply. The same one-liner rewrites the agent's configuration and keeps its machine id.
Turn on a remote shell at install
Tick Remote shell before you copy the line. The hub cannot switch it on afterwards.
Turn on a shell for proxied devices
Tick the proxy shell before you copy the line. It is the proxy's own switch, and the hub cannot set it later.
Find a machine and open it
Fleet is every machine in the company. Open one to see health, checks, files, patches.
Search the fleet
The find box matches a name, a hostname, an address, a site, or a tag.
Choose how the fleet is drawn
List, cards, or exceptions. The same machines, three ways to read them.
Show the fleet as one list
By group folds machines under site and role. Flat list is every machine in one list. The choice stays in this browser.
Focus the fleet on one site
The site picker on the fleet list shows one site. Approvals follow. Clear puts every site back. The choice stays in this browser.
Show only machines that need attention
The Needs attention tick on the fleet list hides machines that are fine. Clear it to see the whole company again.
Show only machines that are online
The online tick on the fleet list keeps machines that are up and included in alerts.
Change how groups are drawn
On the list view, group headings can be light, bold, or blocks. The machines stay the same.
Open or close every fleet group
Site headings start closed. Expand all opens them. Collapse all closes them again.
Find a critical machine
Critical sits at the top of Fleet. It is every machine with an open critical alert.
See a machine that is not in a group
A new machine with no tag sits in Onboarding at the top of Fleet until you give it a group.
Use BE Hub on a phone
Today, Machines, Act, Desk and Setup sit on a bottom bar. One screen at a time.
Watch a device that cannot run the agent
A firewall, switch, NAS or ESXi host is polled over SSH by a machine that does run the agent.