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Hi,
Thank you for your valuable suggestion. While we won't be implementing this idea in the immediate future, it has been added to our list for future consideration.
We continuously review user feedback to inform our development priorities, so your idea remains on our radar.
Best regards,
The Atera Team
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Hi,
Thank you for your valuable suggestion. We recognize this is an important request in IT, however we won't be implementing this idea in the immediate future, it has been added to our list for future consideration.
We continuously review user feedback to inform our development priorities, so your idea remains on our radar.
Best regards,
The Atera Team
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I would strongly support this.
For many environments, a dedicated Linux system would actually be a much better platform for the Network Discovery scanner than a Windows machine.
A typical deployment could be a small Linux VM, mini PC, or lightweight appliance whose only purpose is to perform Network Discovery for a customer site. Requiring Windows for such a dedicated infrastructure component adds unnecessary overhead, resource requirements, licensing, patching, and maintenance.
Linux would be particularly suitable for this use case because it can run completely headless with very low resource requirements and can easily be deployed as a small VM or appliance.
Since the underlying discovery functionality relies heavily on standard network scanning technologies such as Nmap, supporting Linux as a Network Discovery scanning agent would seem like a natural fit.
Ideally, the existing Atera Linux Agent could simply be assigned the Network Discovery role, just as a Windows agent can today.
This would allow scenarios such as:
* Dedicated Linux Network Discovery VM per customer/site
* Small Linux appliance or mini PC for branch offices
* Discovery scanner inside a management or server VLAN
* Fully headless deployment without requiring a Windows desktop/server
* Easier automated deployment of discovery nodes
Especially for MSP environments, having to maintain a Windows machine solely for Network Discovery is unnecessary when a lightweight Linux VM could fulfill that role much more efficiently.