How to install Unit Platform Cloud Agent on Linux

Daiane Soares
November 27, 2017

The Unit Platform Cloud Agent is a service that collects monitoring and inventory information used by the Multisite Monitoring and Asset Management products.

Install instructions

The Unit Platform Cloud Agent has the following prerequisites:

  • glibc
  • openssl-devel
  • libstdc++
  • libcurl
  • bc
  • uuidgen
  • lspci
  • dmidecode
  • gawk

To install the prerequisites on Ubuntu or Debian, execute:

apt-get install libssl-dev libstdc++6 libcurl3 bc uuid-runtime pciutils dmidecode gawk

To install on CentOS/Redhat:

yum install glibc openssl-devel libstdc++ libcurl bc pciutils dmidecode gawk

To install the agent, execute the following lines on a terminal with root access:

tar -xf UnitPlatformCloudAgent.tar.gz
cd UnitPlatformCloudAgent-Installer/
./install.sh

The script install.sh will verify the prerequisites and will ask for the company key. Inform your key and press <enter>:

Agent installation

Agent usage with Unit Platform On-premises

If you want to use the agent with your own Unit Platform installation outside of our cloud service, the wizard will also ask for the Unit Platfom’s address in a separate field. Inform the IP address or domain name of your Unit Platform and proceed with the installation.

In the case you are doing a command line installation that requires no interaction, use the following code replacing the [key] and [unit platform address] with the corresponding information:

./install.sh --key [key] --address [unit platform address]

Disabling the monitoring or inventory services when installing the agent

In case you wish to disable one of the features of the agent, you can do it using the following flags:

  • To disable the monitoring service, add the parameter  --disable-monitoring at the end of the installation command line.
  • To disable the inventory service, add the parameter  --disable-inventory at the end of the installation command line.

Usage examples for Unit Platform Cloud:

  • Disabling the monitoring service:
./install.sh --disable-monitoring
  • Disabling the inventory service:
./install.sh --disable-inventory

Note: if you need to change this configuration after the installation, check out the advanced options.

Supported operating systems

The Unit Platform Cloud Agent has been tested on the following operating systems:

  • CentOS 6.5 (x64) ou superior
  • Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x64) ou superior
  • Debian 7 (x64) ou superior

32 bit distributions are not supported.

If you need to monitor processes or customize the agent’s configuration, see the advanced options.