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How to deploy a Hyper-V VPN Agent

You can internally scan your targets in a few steps due to our Hyper-V VPN Agent

The Pentest-Tools.com Hyper-V VPN Agent is a piece of software that can be deployed on various machines so our scanners can reach your internal network.

Step 1: Create a new VPN Profile

Go to your VPN Profiles page, click + Add, and then select VPN Agent.

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There are important configuration options that can be set now or later by editing the VPN Profile:

  1. Make sure you specify any internal DNS, but also keep an external DNS such as Google's 8.8.8.8, since some of our tools require access to external resources.
  2. Don't forget to select the desired Workspace(s) that you want to associate this VPN Profile with. All scans in these Workspaces will pass through the VPN tunnel created.
  3. [Optional] Specify a limit for how many parallel scans you can execute over this VPN Profile (you can't set more than the maximum parallel scans limit included in your subscription). This is useful especially for setups that cannot handle more than a few parallel scans due to network limitations.

Step 2: Download the Hyper-V Agent

Hover over the newly created VPN Profile and click Deploy.

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Click Download beneath Hyper-V under the Virtual Machine tab.

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Extract the files.

Step 3: Launch the Hyper-V Agent

Make sure you have the Hyper-V Windows feature enabled in order to launch the Agent: 

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features;
  2. Click Turn Windows features on or off. The Windows Features window is displayed;
  3. Select the entire Hyper-V folder and click OK. The system needs to restart to enable Hyper-V Manager.
  • Use your Windows search box to look for the Hyper-V Manager and open it up;
  • Select your device on the left side and then click New > Import Virtual Machine... on the right side;
  • Go under the Locate Folder tab on the newly popped-up window and then select the Virtual Machines folder from the extracted files;
  • Click Next three times and then Finish;
  • The Agent will now be displayed in the Hyper-V Manager, so open it and click Start;
  • The Agent will attempt to connect automatically.

Step 4: Test the connection

You can now click Test connection on your VPN Profiles page and the status should be Success.

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