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layout: docs
page_title: client-agent - Command
description: >-
  The "client-agent" command lets you interact with the Boundary Client Agent.
---

# client-agent

Command: `boundary client-agent`

The `client-agent` command lets you interact with the Boundary Client Agent.
You can check the Client Agent's status, pause it, resume it, or list the active transparent sessions the Client Agent is managing.

## Examples

The following command lets you check the status of the Client Agent to ensure it is running:

```shell-session
$ boundary client-agent status
```

The following command retrieves information about any sessions that the Client Agent is managing:

```shell-session
$ boundary client-agent sessions
```

You can temporarily disable the Client Agent by pausing it with the following command:

```shell-session
$ boundary client-agent pause
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
Usage: boundary client-agent <subcommand> [options] [args]

  # ...

Subcommands:
    pause       Pauses the running boundary client agent
    resume      Resumes the paused boundary client agent
    sessions    List active transparent sessions managed by the client agent.
    status      Get the status information of the running boundary client agent
```

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For more information, examples, and usage, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar or one of the links below:

- [pause](/boundary/docs/commands/client-agent/pause)
- [resume](/boundary/docs/commands/client-agent/resume)
- [sessions](/boundary/docs/commands/client-agent/sessions)
- [status](/boundary/docs/commands/client-agent/status)