Installing agents remotely
You can install agents by using the IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy web application.
- You must have permission to see the Settings tab to install agents with this method.
- For production environments, create a user account that is dedicated to running the agent on the computer where the agent is installed.
- For production environments, create a user account that has the required privileges for the
installation.
If the user account does ot have the necessary privileges, the installation fails.
For AIX, HP, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS, the user account must have access to all working directories used in the process the agent runs.
For Linux and Unix OS, the user account must have root privileges in order to issue the su or sudo command when installing.
For z/OS environments, review the security requirements for the IBM z/OS computers.
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Ensure that each computer where you are installing an agent has a supported version of the Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java developer kit. For more information, see Software Product Compatability Reports.
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If the target computer has an IBM JRE or Java developer kit, update to a supported version of the IBM JRE or Java developer kit.
- Make sure that your networks and firewalls allow communication on the required ports. See Firewall and communication configuration.
- Ensure that there is no limit on the maximum memory size and virtual memory size.
For example, on most Linux™ systems, you can run the
ulimit -m
andulimit -v
commands and ensure that both return the valueunlimited
. To find out how to remove the limit on the maximum memory size and virtual memory size, see the documentation for the operating system.
You can install an agent by specifying its target location or install an agent that was previously discovered with the agent discovery feature. You can install several agents simultaneously, and, by using agent installation property sheets, ensure that all agents share basic parameters.
You can install agents only on computers that are running Linux, UNIX™, Windows, or Mac OS. For other systems, including z/OS® and IBM i, see Installing agents from the command line.
If you use mutual authentication, you must manually exchange a key between the agent and the server. For more information about this option, see Configuring mutual authentication.
If you are using a high-availability environment, configure the agent for failover to the other servers in the cluster. See Configuring agents for failover.