Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Management Server comes with its own Web server and Web page. You or users in your organization can go to that Web page from any machine with a supported Web browser, and install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 without having to specify installation settings. When installing an agent, the setup program registers the machine on the management server.
The Web page enables access to installation packages in a network that does not allow sharing folders.
Unlike installation through Group Policy, installation from the Web page can be started by the user. It can be performed on machines that are not members of a domain, including machines running Linux.*
Unlike remote installation, which is often blocked by a firewall, installation from the Web page does not require any non-standard network ports to be open. A port for HTTP (by default, port 8080) is used for installation.
For the Web page to work, the Components for Remote Installation component must be installed. When installing the management server, check the summary page to make sure that this component is among the components to install. You can specify the folder where to place the installation packages.
*To add a component for Linux to the Web page, download this component from the Acronis Web site. Then add the corresponding installed-products element to the configuration file described in "Changing installation settings". This will make the component's installation file accessible via the Web page. Other settings of the configuration file will be ignored in Linux. You need to specify installation settings manually during every installation.