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    • Build container images
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    • Configuration
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    • Encrypt communication
    • Add NGINX users to nginx-agent group
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Container environments

Learn how to build and run NGINX Agent docker images.

NGINX Agent v3 is available!

This documentation is for NGINX Agent v2. We suggest reading the Migrate from NGINX Agent v2 to v3 topic to learn the differences between the two versions, and learn how to upgrade your instances.

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