Install the Log Insight 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 Log Insight 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 Log Insight Linux Agent. See Manually Uninstall the Log Insight 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 Log Insight Linux Agent .bin package to the target Linux machine.
Verify that the Log Insight 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 vRealize Log Insight Agent Installation on Linux.

Procedure

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
```
From a command prompt, run the ./filename-version.bin command to install the agent.
Replace filename-version with the appropriate version.
```
./filename-version.bin
```
(Optional) To set the target vRealize Log Insight server during installation, run the sudo SERVERHOST=hostname ./filename-version.bin command.
Replace hostname with the IP address or hostname of the vRealize Log Insight server.
```
sudo SERVERHOST=hostname ./filename-version.bin
```
(Optional) To override the default connection protocol use the SERVERPROTO variable as shown in the following example:
sudo SERVERPROTO=syslog ./filename-version.htm
(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
(Optional) To run the Log Insight 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 Log Insight Linux Agent creates the user account during the installation. The created account is not deleted after uninstallation. If you install the Log Insight 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.