How to deploy a VMware Workstation VPN agent

Our VMware Workstation VPN Agent is a lightweight software component that can be deployed within your internal environment, to securely scan your internal targets.

Step 1. Create a new VPN profile

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

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

1. If your targets resolve only through a specific DNS, please specify it in the DNS Servers section, but be sure to also include Google’s DNS (8.8.8.8), as it’s required for the agent to function properly.
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 VMware Workstation Agent

Hover over the newly created VPN Profile and click Deploy.

Click Download:

Extract the files.

• Open VMware Workstation
• Select Open a virtual machine
• Go to the folder where the downloaded VM is located and select it
• Click on Play virtual machine;
• When prompted, click I copied it - the agent will start automatically.
  
  • The agent will display the status Running which indicates that you can proceed with the final step.

Step 4: Test the connection

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

You can now proceed with the scanning.