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GoAnywhere MFT Agents are lightweight applications that work to automate your file transfers and workflows on systems (both remote and on-premises) throughout your enterprise.
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Overview
GoAnywhere MFT Agents are managed by a central deployment of GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT), which allows you to configure and schedule agent file transfers and business processes from an intuitive, browser-based interface.
MFT agents can be installed onto almost any server or workstation where file transfers or workflows need to be performed. This includes Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM I, and Mac OS systems. For organizations who prefer to perform their file transfers in the cloud, GoAnywhere MFT supports the use of agents remotely in cloud infrastructure such as Amazon EC2 or Microsoft Azure.
GoAnywhere MFT agents support many features to help you meet key IT initiatives in your organization. Here are just a few of the things agents can do:
- Automate and secure file transfers within a centrally managed environment
- Monitor folders on agent systems for new or modified files
- Schedule agent file transfers to run at future dates/times
- Provide additional workflow capabilities such as compression, decompression, data parsing, database integration, PGP encryption and decryption, SFTP and SCP file transfers, and native command execution
- Send email or text message alerts when agent file transfers fail
- Feed audit data to GoAnywhere MFT for central reporting
- Monitor location and status via an interactive agent map
- Deploy automatic notifications if an agent goes offline
GoAnywhere MFT is a secure managed file transfer (MFT) solution that automates and encrypts file transfers with a centralized, enterprise-level approach.
GoAnywhere Agents helps you:
- Control agents remotely from the central server
- Process files on the agent or send them to GoAnywhere for further processing
- Deploy remote agents wherever they're needed: on a server, to a trading partner location, or in the cloud
- Automatically upgrade agents to the latest version without causing downtime
- Customize your software library of agent installers to fit the needs of your environment
As an industry-leading, innovative MFT solution, GoAnywhere and GoAnywhere Agents can help reduce costs, improve file transfer quality, and help organizations comply with data transfer standards and regulations.
Enjoy a free trial to see how GoAnywhere Agents can help your file transfer process be more streamlined, secure, and error-free.
Highlights
- Control agents remotely from the central server
- Process files on the agent or send them to GoAnywhere for further processing
- Deploy remote agents wherever they're needed: on a server, to a trading partner location, or in the cloud
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
Prior to creating EC2 instance, copy Agent CA certificate from GoAnywhere MFT:
- Log in to GoAnywhere MFT Admin
- Go to Services/Service Manager
- Click gear icon beside 'Agents' and select 'Edit'
- Go to Server/SSL section
- Click on link next to 'CA Certificate'
- Copy contents of 'Server CA PEM Format' tab
While Launching EC2:
- Under 'Advanced Details', find the 'User data' section, paste in following code and update accordingly:
#!/bin/sh
export MFT_HOST=<PASTE MFT HOSTNAME OR IP HERE>
export MFT_CA_CERT_FILE=/home/ec2-user/agent-ca.crt
cat <<EOT >> /home/ec2-user/agent-ca.crt
<Paste CA CERTIFICATE here>
EOT
/home/ec2-user/agent_config_update.sh -m "<MFT HOST NAME OR IP>"\ - Update <PASTE MFT HOSTNAME OR IP HERE> with hostname/IP for your MFT
- Update <Paste CA CERTIFICATE here> with the contents of the CA cert you copied above
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Customer reviews
Okan D.
Comfortable Guidelines and a Familiar, Easy Setup
Reviewed on Aug 24, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It provides very comfortable guidelines. The setup and configuration follow a very commonly used method, so it feels familiar and easy to work with.
What do you dislike about the product?
There’s no AV integration with third-party services or an in-house app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Secure Form module and the Data Translation and Automation Workflow work very well.
Banking
GoAnywhere Makes Secure File Transfers Fast and Easy with Drag-and-Drop Automations
Reviewed on Aug 21, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
One of the biggest benefits has been the ability to automate file transfer processes that would otherwise require manual effort and ongoing monitoring. The platform's drag-and-drop interface is key in its ease-of-use and has proven to be instrumental in our ability to quickly and easily create workflows. And from a security standpoint, GoAnywhere provides the controls we need to confidently exchange sensitive information.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a bit tricky sometimes to know exactly what each available action does and how to configure them, however, Fortra's documentation has assisted us with this, as well as their support teams. More examples, however, always come in handy and would definitely be appreciated!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Thanks to the platform's ease-of-use, we are able to quickly respond to department workflow requests, which allows us to deliver solutions to our end users in a timely manner.
Kelvin B.
External Partners Can Upload Directly—No IT Intervention Needed
Reviewed on Aug 20, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
External partners can drop an item directly into the user's file share without IT intervention.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing I don't like about this product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
No insecure transfers or manual file transfers are required, which limits human error.
Anonymous
Secure, Streamlined File Transfers with Enterprise Capabilities
Reviewed on Aug 19, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how GoAnywhere MFT eliminates the need for SFTP clients on individual desktops, which reduces vulnerabilities. The setup of security is well thought out, with the server not needing to be exposed publicly and instead using a gateway with minimal information. Setting up monitors for jobs is intuitive, especially with some training from the Fortra staff. The ease of scheduling file transfers is a great feature, and the initial setup was very easy. Additionally, I valued how GoAnywhere MFT met our requirement for SSO, which other solutions at the time didn't offer.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see a high-level dashboard with the daily jobs listed, with a green/yellow/red status. This would be more of a NOC view. Right now, we are monitoring for alerts coming through our email and Teams site as more reactive. It would be nice to have this view to be more proactive about seeing where we are, easily throughout the day. We have jobs that run at all hours. We're also using some batch scripts in GA to call applications via an agent on other servers. It's not ideal, but we are limited with some of the other software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
GoAnywhere MFT eliminated the need for individual SFTP clients, reducing vulnerabilities and providing enterprise-level credentials. It simplifies scheduling and logs transfers, enhancing security by not exposing servers directly. It supports SSO and monitors job intuitively, making our operations smoother and more secure.
Don S.
Easy-to-Use GoAnywhere with Comprehensive Guides and 24/7 Global Support
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The easy-to-use interface makes it straightforward to configure, update, and secure. The administration guides are comprehensive and provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for everything you need to do. There is also follow-the-sun support coverage from an international support team.
What do you dislike about the product?
I ran into an issue when I needed to verify which encryption ciphers were being used by TLS, because one of our business partners started restricting the cipher suites they supported for encrypted connections. The GoAnywhere support documentation didn’t include steps for how to check this, and it also wasn’t abundantly clear from the interface how to configure it. Fortunately, GoAnywhere’s follow the sun support strategy connected me with a support representative in Sydney, Australia who knew exactly what to do, and the issue was resolved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed an automated way to process incoming and outgoing data transfers. Before GoAnywhere, we had a manual, time-consuming process that relied on having a human in the loop. Thankfully, with GoAnywhere’s MFT automation features, we’ve freed up our employees’ time (1 hour per day) for more important work.