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title: "Migrate from Kproxy to Universal Agent"
slug: "migrate-from-kproxy-to-universal-agent"
description: "Migrate from Kentik's legacy kproxy agent to the Universal Agent for enhanced NetFlow and SNMP telemetry collection from your network devices."
updated: 2026-04-22T17:22:47Z
published: 2026-04-22T17:23:20Z
canonical: "kb.kentik.com/migrate-from-kproxy-to-universal-agent"
---

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# Migrate from Kproxy to Universal Agent

This article covers how to migrate from Kentik’s legacy `kproxy` agent to **Universal Agent** for collecting NetFlow & SNMP telemetry from your network infrastructure devices.

## Overview

Still using Kentik’s `kproxy` standalone software agent? You’ll want to deploy Kentik’s [**Universal Agent**](/v1/docs/universal-agents) (UA) and take advantage of its **Flow Proxy** and **SNMP/ST** capabilities as summarized in this migration checklist:

- [ ] [**Deploy**](/v1/docs/kproxy-migration-scenarios) UA and enable the **Flow Proxy** and/or **SNMP/ST** capabilities.
- [ ] **Update** your devices and access lists with UA's IP address.
- [ ] [**Configure**](/v1/docs/kproxy-migration-configuration) devices in Kentik for SNMP flow enrichment or full monitoring.
- [ ] **Decommission** the legacy `kproxy` agent.

> [!TIP]
> **Did You Know?**: Flow enrichment is included when the device has a [**FlowPak**](/v1/docs/licenses#flowpak) license. Full monitoring requires a Kentik NMS [**DevicePak**](/v1/docs/licenses#devicepak) license, and includes many more features including deeper metric visibility, health monitoring, syslog, traps, and [**SSH access for configs, scrapes and ad-hoc investigation with AI Advisor**](/v1/docs/ai-assisted-netops).

### Why Migrate?

Kentik’s [**Universal Agent**](/v1/docs/universal-agents) (UA) provides a centralized framework for ingesting network telemetry. Consolidating telemetry collection into the UA architecture offers several operational benefits:

- **Future-Ready Innovation:** The UA is the designated agent platform for all future Kentik feature investments. New capabilities, such as advanced **NetBox** integrations for infrastructure correlation, are developed exclusively for the UA framework.
- Resource Efficiency: The UA serves as a high-performance source for both Flow data and SNMP metadata. This centralized approach optimizes the processing load on network infrastructure by coordinating telemetry requests through a single, efficient framework.
- Architectural Consolidation: The UA replaces disparate installation procedures and security audit surfaces with a single, managed extension of the Kentik SaaS platform.

## Prerequisites

Verify the following environment requirements before beginning the configuration:

- [ ] **Host Environment:** A physical or virtual host running a supported Linux distribution or an environment with Docker container support.
- [ ] **Agent Registration:** The Kentik UA is installed and registered within the Kentik portal.
- [ ] **Access Control:** Administrator permissions for the Kentik portal and appropriate network access (UDP/SNMP) between the host and managed network devices.

Next, let’s take a look at some [**Migration Scenarios**](/v1/docs/kproxy-migration-scenarios).