Silent Agent Installation

When installing a Unix Agent in silent mode, the installation program does not prompt you to enter any configuration options during the installation process.

In silent mode, you can opt to specify the server by using the -s switch option; in this case, no further prompts will be sent. Even if you do not specify the server name, the installation will proceed without prompting you for any information, but you will need to register the Agent manually after installation.

To run a silent installation of an Ubuntu (example) Agent

  1. Obtain the ObserveIT Agent installation file and copy it to the Unix Agent's server.

  2. Log in to the target server with root permissions; or, alternatively, use the sudo command.

  3. Run the ls –l command and verify that the file has execute permissions (-rwxr-xr-x). Otherwise, use chmod +x for the Agent’s file name.

  4. To install the Agent while specifying the server name, run the following command:

    root@u-micky:/work/install# ./observeit-agent-Ubuntu-12.04-precise-5.8.0.160.run -- -i -s 10.3.0.72 -m

    Installation output example:

    Verifying archive integrity... Done.

    Uncompressing ....

    The oit package was not previously installed; performing clean install

    Installing observeit agent

    Successfully registered this machine and saved configuration

    auditing service started/running

    ssh stop/waiting

    ssh start/running, process 28786

    Or

    To install the Agent without specifying the server name, run the following command:

    root@u-micky:/work/install# ./observeit-agent-Ubuntu-12.04-precise-5.8.0.160.run -- -i -m

    Installation output example:

    Verifying archive integrity... Done.

    Uncompressing ....

    The oit package was not previously installed; performing clean install

    Installing observeit agent

    auditing service started/running

    ssh stop/waiting

    ssh start/running, process 29295

To register the Agent with the Application Server after installation

  1. Navigate to the obitd file location where the Unix/Linux Agent is installed: opt/observeit/agent/bin.

  2. Run the command: obitd -r -s <servername>.