Hi everyone,
Another week, another little project. 😀
I’ve been spending some of my spare time practicing and experimenting with Codex again, and last weekend’s result is AgentBridge.
The idea came from something that has bothered me for a while when working with Veeam Agent management in v13 VSA:
VBR does a great job managing Agents once a machine is under management — but starting from V13, onboarding Windows machines in non-domain environments is no longer as straightforward as simply pushing via username and password. Linux certification also require SSH-based preparation and manual steps before they can be added cleanly.
For one or two machines, that’s fine. But once you start dealing with more hosts, it quickly becomes painful.
So I built AgentBridge.
It’s a small open-source tool focused specifically on that initial bootstrap and enrollment process.
You run AgentBridge as a single application on Windows, Linux, or macOS, open its local Web UI, connect it to your VBR 13.1 server, and use it to prepare hosts before handing them back to VBR for normal management.
What can it do today?
AgentBridge can:
- Work with Windows and Linux hosts in the same workflow
- Get the Deployment Kit from your own VBR server
- Check deployment prerequisites before installation
- Remotely install the Deployment Kit on Windows or Linux
- Optionally prepare and install a matched Veeam Agent package on Linux
- Generate a temporary manual installation command when remote credentials cannot be shared
- Create a certificate-based Individual Computers Protection Group
- Trigger the VBR rescan and show whether each host was successfully discovered
GitHub:
https://github.com/Coku2015/AgentBridge/
I wrote a more detailed walkthrough covering the design, workflow, and screenshots here:
Blog:
https://blog.backupnext.cloud/en/2026/08/AgentBridge-launch/
This is a very new project, and a large part of building it was simply me experimenting with Codex and seeing how far I could take the idea over a weekend.
So if you have a VBR 13.1 lab, I’d love for you to give it a try.
I’m particularly interested in feedback from environments where:
- Windows and Linux machines are managed by different teams
- Linux administrators don’t want to share root/SSH credentials
- Windows remote installation through SMB/RPC is restricted
- Agent installation has to go through a separate server or infrastructure team
If you find a bug, an odd environment I haven’t considered, or just have an idea that could make the workflow better, feel free to open an issue on GitHub or reply here.
A few other weekend projects
If you enjoy this kind of Veeam-related lab project, here are two other things I’ve built recently:
Holo VTL — an open-source virtual tape library for backup labs and testing. It lets you emulate tape libraries, drives, slots, and media on a regular Linux server and use them with Veeam over iSCSI.
https://blog.backupnext.cloud/en/2026/05/holo-vtl-launch/
Veeam Installer for Aliyun — a small project for simplifying Veeam Software Appliance deployment on Alibaba Cloud.
https://blog.backupnext.cloud/en/2026/07/Veeam-Installer-for-Aliyun-launch/
Apparently, giving me Codex and a free weekend is becoming a dangerous combination. 😄
