The Jaws Deploy Agent is the small background service that runs on every machine target. It connects outbound to the control plane (Cloud or Stack), receives deployment work, runs it locally, and streams logs back.
// Windows
MSI installer
Download the MSI from the workspace's Add target flow. Run it. The installer prompts for the registration token and the control plane URL.
// Linux
deb/rpm or shell installer
Same flow, different packaging. dpkg -i jaws-agent_*.deb (or rpm -i), then run jaws-agent register with the token.
Air-gapped environments
For environments without internet access during installation, the agent supports an offline install path. The control plane provides a bundle of the PowerShell modules the agent needs; you pre-fetch them, copy them to the machine, and pass --modules-path to the installer.
This was a frequent pain point in earlier versions and is now a first-class path.