Installing agents as a non-root user
If you do not have root privileges and you want to install a monitoring agent, you can install the agent as a non-root user. Also, you can install the agent as a non-root user if you are a host administrator and you do not want to run the monitoring agent as a root user. Installation flow is the same as for a root user. After a non-root installation, run the UpdateAutoRun.sh script with root user or sudo user access.
Procedure
- Install your monitoring agents on Linux or AIX® as described in Installing agents on Linux systems and Installing agents on AIX systems.
- Optional: If you installed your agent as a selected user and want to configure the agent as a different user, run the ./secure.sh script. For more information about the ./secure.sh script, see Configuring agents as a non-root user and Securing the agent installation files. For example: ./secure.sh -g db2iadm1
- Optional: Configure your monitoring agents on Linux or AIX as necessary, see Configuring your environment.
- To update the system startup scripts, run the following script with root user or sudo user access: install_dir/bin/UpdateAutoRun.sh
What to do next
If you installed your agent as a non-root user and you want to configure the agent as the same user, no special action is required. If you installed your agent as a selected user and want to configure the agent as a different user, see Configuring agents as a non-root user.
If you installed and configured your agent as a non-root user and you want to start the agent as the same user, no special action is required. If you installed and configured your agent as a selected user and want to start the agent as a different user, see Starting agents as a non-root user.
Use the same user ID for agent installation and upgrades.