Installing the EchOS Agent

For the Emptoris® Strategic Supply Management Installer to communicate with the systems on which applications will be installed, you must install the EchOS agent on all the target systems.

Before you begin

Complete the following steps:

For Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform, the latest version of Java must be installed. Download one of the following JVM files from authentic locations to install JVM.
- Bundled Windows (AMD 64) IBM JRE 1.6 SR7 for Windows
- Bundled Linux IBM JRE 1.6 SR7 (64-bit) for Linux
You can use the Java that is available with WebSphere Application Server.
Set the JAVA home path on all target machines.

About this task

On Linux systems, if the agent is not installed as the root user, sudo permissions must be assigned to the user who installs the agent. You can install the agent as the emptoris user. If you do not grant sudo permissions to the emptoris user, the scripts for starting and stopping the agent are not created.

Procedure

To install the EchOS agent on the target systems, complete the following steps on each system:

Open the command prompt.
Navigate to the directory where you saved the EchOS agent.
Run the following command.
<Directory where the file is saved> java -jar echos-agentinstaller.jar

Results

When you run the file, the default location of the various software that is required are displayed. You can accept the default locations, or specify a different location.

The following table lists the steps in the installation of the EchOS agent and the corresponding images.

Table 1. Options displayed during the EchOS agent installation
Component	Image
Installation directory
EchOS agent directory
Name of the agent service
EchOS agent port	Note: The default port of the Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Installer is 8080 and that of EchOS agent is 8085. You can change the port for the installer and agent. The same port must be used for the agent that is installed for all applications.
EchOS agent IP
Application home directory
EchosRepository directory
Tools directory
WebSphere Application Server
Ant installation location
Installing the agent

To start the EchOS agent with the emptoris user, use the following command.

sudo service echosagent start

For users with non-root privileges, you need to start the EchOS agent with a script. The location of the script is provided when the installation of EchOS agent completes.