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How to download the Agent Manager (FglAM) installer -
Description
The sections below describe the different methods to download and run the Agent Manager installer on a target system: •- Using the Components for Download dashboard
- Using the Components for Download page
- Using the Agent Managers or Agent Status dashboard
- Using a file retrieval tool
The following table lists the installers available for the platforms on which the Agent Manager is supported
Agent_Manager_Installers
Operating System Architecture FglAM Installer HP-UX PARISC FglAM-{version}-hpux-parisc.bin HP-UX i64 FglAM-{version}-hpux-ia64.bin IBM AIX POWER FglAM-{version}-aix-powerpc.bin Linux ia32 FglAM-{version}-linux-ia32.bin Linux x86-64 FglAM-{version}-linux-x86_64.bin Microsoft Windows ia32 FglAM-{version}-windows-ia32.exe Microsoft Windows ia64 FglAM-{version}-windows-ia32.exe (emulated) Microsoft Windows x86-64 FglAM-{version}-windows-x86_6A4.exe Oracle Solaris SPARC FglAM-{version}-solaris-sparc.bin Oracle Solaris x86-64 FglAM-{version}-solaris-x86_64.bin
After deploying the FglAM-[all|{platform}]-{version}.car file on the Management Server, you can download the appropriate platform-specific installer to the target system from the Components for Download dashboard.
In situations where unauthenticated or headless access to the installers is required, you can download the appropriate platform-specific Agent Manager installer from a separate Components for Download page (after deploying the FglAM-all-{version}.car or FglAM-{platform}-{version}.car file on the Management Server)
NOTE: Components for Download is a stand-alone page. It does not provide access to any Foglight dashboards. If you click your Web browser's Back and Forward buttons while viewing this page, the pages you visited in your current browser session open; you do not navigate to Foglight dashboards -
Resolution
To download the Agent Manager installer using the Components for Download dashboard:
1. Log in to Foglight®.
2. Navigate to the Components for Download dashboard (Dashboards | Administration | Cartridges | Components for Download).
3. On the Components for Download dashboard, in the row containing the Agent Manager installer for your platform, click .
4. When prompted, save the installer.
5. Run the installer.
To download the Agent Manager installer using the Components for Download page:
1. Open a Web browser and navigate to the following page:
[http|https]://{hostname}:{port}/console/installer/listInstaller.action
Where:- {hostname} is the name of the machine where the Management Server is installed.
- {port} is the HTTP port specified during installation (the default is 8080).
IMPORTANT: No login is required to access this page
2. Click the appropriate Agent Manager installer for your platform. For the appropriate installer name for your platform, consult the above table.
3. When prompted, save the installer.
4. Run the installer.
To download and run the Agent Manager installer using the Agent Managers or Agent Status dashboard:
1. Log in to Foglight
2. Navigate to the Agent Managers or Agent Status dashboard (Dashboards | Administration | Agents | Agent Managers or Agent Status).
3. In the top right corner, click Download Agent Manager Software.
4. In the dialog box that appears, click the appropriate Agent Manager installer for your platform. For the appropriate installer name for your platform, consult the above table.
5. Click Download to start the process.
6. Run the installer.
To download and run the Agent Manager installer using a file retrieval tool:
1. Use a file retrieval tool to obtain the appropriate Agent Manager installer for your platform by specifying a path formatted as:[http|https]://{hostname}:{port}/console/installer/downloadinstaller.action?downloadId=fglam-{version}-{platform}
Where:- {hostname} is the name of the machine where the Management Server is installed
- {port} is the HTTP port specified during installation (the default port is 8080)
- {version} is the version of the Agent Manager
- {platform} is the appropriate Agent Manager installer for your operating system
If the Management Server is configured to use HTTPS, specify https as the protocol.
For example, to retrieve the file fglam-5_8_5_5-linux-ia32.bin from a machine called server1, that uses the default port 8080, using Wget, issue the following command:
wget -O fglam-5_8_5_5-linux-ia32.bin "http://server1:8080/console/installer/downloadinstaller.action?downloadId=fglam-5_8_5_5-linux-ia32.bin"
2. UNIX® only. Grant execute access to the installer by issuing the following command:
chmod +x FglAM-{version}-{platform}.bin
3. Run the installer