Installing eG Agent on Linux

Tutorial video

Step-By-Step instructions

• Download the respective Linux OS installation from the below link.

• https://eginnovations.com/eval718

Username:   total@eginnovations.com

Password:    P3rf0rm@nc3

Before installing the eG Agent, make sure that there is communication between the Linux server, and the eG Manager using ping/telnet.

Installing the eG Agent

• Copy the eGagent.tar,iAgent.sh into the /tmp folder  
• Login As root user   
• Give the execution permission for iAgent by using the commands chmod +x iAgent  
• Execute the script ./iAgent.sh 
• Enter the name of the eG user [egurkha]: egurkha 
• Enter the directory where the eG Agent should be installed [/opt]: /opt  
• Would you like the eG Agent to auto-restart on system boot-up? y/n [n]: y  
• Do you want to install these conflicting files [y,n,?q] y  
• Do you want to continue with the installation of <eGagent> [y,n,?] y  
• Logout from root user and log in as eG user - egurkha
   

Configuring the eG Agent:

• Please indicate if you accept the eG licensing terms y/n [n]: Y 
• Enter the hostname (or IP address) of the eG Manager: <<eG manager IP/Host name>> 
• Enter the port number of the eG Manager [7077]: <<port number>> 
• Please indicate if you want to use a proxy for the eG Agent to communicate with the eG Manager? y/n [n]: n (if you have proxy then say and provide Proxy server information)  
• The eG Agent can use HTTP or HTTP/SSL to communicate with the eG Manager. In order to use HTTP/SSL, please make sure that the eG Manager has been configured to support SSL.  
• Do you want to configure the eG Agent to use SSL for communication with the eG Manager? y/n [n] : n (If eG manager uses SSL, eG agent should be configured to use SSL) 
• Please indicate if you want to assign a nickname(s) for this host? y/n [n] : n 
• Do you want to configure any Coldfusion servers running on the localhost.localdomain for monitoring by the eG Agent? y/n [n]: n 
• Do you want to configure any Sybase Adaptive servers running on the localhost.localdomain for monitoring by the eG Agent? y/n [n]: n 
• Move to /opt/egurkha/bin and execute  ./start_agent  

eG Agent installation is now complete.

Tips:

• To start/stop eG Agent on Linux servers, always use eG user that you used at the time of installation.
• To start the eG Agent, use the command /opt/egurkha/bin/start_agent  
• To stop the eG Agent, use the command /opt/egurkha/bin/stop_agent