Install the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent Binary Package

Installing the binary package includes changing the .bin file to an executable file and then installing the agent.

Upgrading the .bin package is not officially supported. If you used the .bin package to install an existing VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent,make a backup copy of the liagent.ini file located in /var/lib/loginsight-agent directory to keep the local configuration. After you have a backup copy, manually uninstall the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent. See Manually Uninstall the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent bin package.

If you use the .bin package to install Linux agents, the init.d script named liagentd is installed as part of the package installation, but the package does not register the script. You can register the script manually.

You can verify that the installation is successful by running (/sbin/)service liagentd status command.

Prerequisites

• Download and copy the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent .bin package to the target Linux machine.
• Verify that the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent has access to syslog and networking services.

• Read about default configuration values and how to change them at installation. See Command-line Options for VMware Aria Operations for Logs Agent Installation on Linux.

Procedure

1. Open a console and run the chmod command to change the .bin file to an executable file.
   Replace filename-version with the appropriate version.

    chmod +x filename-version.bin

2. From a command prompt, run the ./filename-version.bin command to install the agent.
   Replace filename-version with the appropriate version.

   ./filename-version.bin

3. (Optional) To set the target VMware Aria Operations for Logs server during installation, run the sudo SERVERHOST=hostname ./filename-version.bin command.
   Replace hostname with the IP address or hostname of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs server.

   sudo SERVERHOST=hostname ./filename-version.bin

4. (Optional) To override the default connection protocol use the SERVERPROTO variable as shown in the following example:
   sudo SERVERPROTO=syslog ./filename-version.htm
5. (Optional) To override the default connection port provide a value for the SERVERPORT variable to the installer as shown in the following example:
   sudo SERVERPORT=1234 ./filename-version.htm
6. (Optional) To run the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent as a non-root user run the sudo command.

   sudo LIAGENTUSER=liagent ./filename-version.bin

   If the specified user does not exist, the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent creates the user account during the installation. The created account is not deleted after uninstallation. If you install the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent with the LIAGENTUSER=non_root_user parameter and try to upgrade with the LIAGENTUSER=non_root_user2 parameter, a conflict occurs and warnings appear because the non_root_user2 user does not have the permissions of the non_root_user user.