YCGuestAgent

YCGuestAgent is a binary executable, running as a service, allowing to reset the user's password on demand.

Description

Password reset processed by the following flow:

1. A pair of RSA keys are generated on a user-side (by browser or PowerShell module)

2. YCGuestAgent does the following steps on Virtual Machine:

   • receives and verifies user's request;
   • generates new password;
   • creates a new user with admin permissions if given user does not exist;
   • sets a password to the given Virtual Machine user;
   • encrypts the password by given encryption key;
   • transmits the encrypted password to COM4 port

3. Encrypted password if fetched by Console or PowerShell module

4. Password is decrypted by private key on a user-side and displayed in Console or PowerShell

YCGuestAgentUpdater

YCGuestAgentUpdater is a binary executable, running as a service, performing updating YCGuestAgent.

Description

This agent regularly checks if a new version of YCGuestAgent is available.

Then, it downloads a new version and tries to install it and run it.

If the new version cannot start, the update agent fallbacks YCGuestAgent to the previous working version.