Installing or upgrading Disconnected Log Collector on Ubuntu Linux

Install IBM Disconnected Log Collector on a computer or virtual machine (VM) that meets all the system requirements. You can install only one instance of Disconnected Log Collector per computer or VM.

1. Go to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-downloads-version-80, and download the SDK version of the Linux® on x86 systems 64-bit Archive package.
2. Install the ca-certificates-java package by running the following commands:

   apt update

   apt install ca-certificates-java

3. Verify that the /opt/ibm directory exists on your system by running the following command:

   ls /opt/ibm

   If the directory does not exist, run the following command:

   mkdir /opt/ibm

4. Extract the Java archive by running the following command:

   tar -zxvf ibm-java-sdk-<version>-linux-x86_64.tgz -C /opt/ibm

5. Copy the dlc-service-install-deb.tgz file to your system and extract the file by running the following command:

   tar -zxvf dlc-service-install-deb-<version>.tgz

6. Run the Disconnected Log Collector installation script:

   ./install.sh

7. To uninstall your Disconnected Log Collector instance, run the uninstallation script:

   ./uninstall.sh

systemctl status dlc