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title: "Synthetics Agents"
slug: "synthetics-agents"
description: "Learn how to deploy Kentik's ksynth-agent for synthetic testing. This guide covers Linux and Docker installation, agent registration, and activation."
updated: 2025-07-27T07:50:35Z
published: 2025-07-27T07:50:35Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Synthetics Agents

Kentik’s synthetic testing capabilities are enabled by `ksynth`, a Kentik software agent (see [**About Synthetics Agents**](/v1/docs/kentik-synthetics-agents#about-synthetics-agents)). Kentik deploys instances of `ksynth` as “global” (public) agents in key locations throughout the Internet, and also allows customers to deploy instances as “private” agents within their own infrastructure. The settings for your organization’s private instances of `ksynth` are made on the **Agent Management** page, where you can also see all currently deployed agents, global and private, on a map and in a filterable table providing information (including status) about each agent (see [**Agent Management**](/v1/docs/agent-management)).

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