uberAgent

Installing the Linux Endpoint Agent

Ubuntu

The agent installer is available as a DEB file. It can either be installed manually or unattended through existing software deployment tools.

The uberAgent service does not start automatically upon completion of the setup process, as configuration files are not part of the installation package. This allows you to put your configuration in place before uberAgent starts up. The uberAgent service also initiates automatically following a system restart. Alternatively, you may start it manually using systemctl, provided you have root privileges: systemctl start uberAgent

Command Line Installation

  • The installer can be used from the command line to install uberAgent using the command dpkg -i uberagent_<version>_amd64.deb (sudo required).
  • Command line installation can be executed locally or remotely, e. g., via SSH.

Installer behavior

On upgrade dpkg -i

  • Stops the uberAgent service if it was previously running.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

The agent installer is available as a RPM file. It can either be installed manually or unattended through existing software deployment tools.

The uberAgent service does not start automatically upon completion of the setup process, as configuration files are not part of the installation package. This allows you to put your configuration in place before uberAgent starts up. The uberAgent service also does not initiate automatically following a system restart, to honor RHEL system standards. You may enable and start uberAgent by using systemctl, provided you have root privileges: systemctl enable --now uberAgent

Command Line Installation

  • The installer can be used from the command line to install uberAgent using the command dnf install -y uberagent-<version>.x86_64.rpm (sudo required).
  • Command line installation can be executed locally or remotely, e.g., via SSH.

Installer behavior

On upgrade dnf install -y

  • Stops the uberAgent service if it was previously running.

eLux

uberAgent for Linux is also available for eLux. Please follow the instructions in the official documentation to import the uberAgent package and create an image. uberAgent starts once an image with the installed uberAgent package is booted, given that the configuration is present.

Licensing

Note:

The agent automatically detects when it is installed on a Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA). In this case, uberAgent is automatically licensed when the VDA itself has a valid license.

If you have a provisiontoken.blob for uberAgent, copy it to the following directory /etc/uberAgent/. uberAgent does not start when it is not licensed. Please see the uberAgent licensing guide for more details.

Configuration

uberAgent can be configured very flexibly. By editing the configuration, you can switch metrics on or off, change the data collection frequency and significantly reduce the data volume.

Installing the Linux Endpoint Agent