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Bulk installation of the server monitoring agent using ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Follow the instructions provided in this document to download and install the Site24x7 server monitoring agent on multiple devices at once.

Windows

  1. Download the Site24x7 Windows server monitoring agent installer file.
  2. Sign in to the ManageEngine Endpoint central portal.
  3. Click Software Deployments.
  4. Click + Add Packages, and then Windows.
  5. Enter the necessary information in the appropriate fields.
    1. Package Name: Site24x7WindowsAgent
    2. Package Type: EXE/APPX/MSIEXEC/MSU
    3. License Type: Commercial
    4. Locate Installable: Select From Local Computer and upload the downloaded Site24x7 Windows server monitoring agent MSI file.
  6. Click Installation.
  7. In the Installation Command with Switches/Arguments field, provide the installation command:
    msiexec.exe /i Site24x7WindowsAgent.msi EDITA1=<SAMPLE_DEVICE_KEY> ENABLESILENT=YES REBOOT=ReallySuppress DN="<SAMPLE_DISPLAY_NAME" TP="<SAMPLE_THRESHOLD_PROFILE>" RP="<SAMPLE_RESOURCE_CHECK_PROFILE>" NP="<SAMPLE_NOTIFICATION_PROFILE>" GN="<SAMPLE_MONITOR_GROUP>" RULE="<SAMPLE_CONFIGURATION_RULE>" /qn
  8. Click Add Packages.
  9. Go to the Configurations tab.
  10. Click Configurations in the left navigation pane, and then + Create Configuration > Windows.
  11. On the Configuration page, provide an appropriate name in the Name field.
  12. Select Install as the Operation Type.
  13. Select the created package in the Package Name drop-down menu.
  14. Select Deploy any time at the earliest in the Apply Deployment Policy drop-down menu.
  15. Enter the Remote Office domain as per your configuration in the infrastructure.
  16. In the Filter Computers based on field, select Computer and enter the hostname.
  17. Make sure the Retry this configuration on failed targets field is not checked.
  18. Click Deploy Immediately.

Linux

Follow the instructions provided in this section to download and install the Site24x7 Linux server monitoring agent on multiple devices at once.

  1. Sign in to Endpoint Central.
  2. Navigate to Configurations > Add Configurations > Configuration.
  3. Click Linux > Custom Script.
  4. Provide an appropriate name for the deployment.
  5. There are two methods through which you can deploy the agent:
    1. If you would like to add the installation script to the repository so that it is easier to deploy in the future, select Repository in the Execute Script from / Run field.
      1. Open the terminal on your Linux device and run the command below to download the Linux server monitoring agent script:
        wget https://staticdownloads.site24x7.com/server/Site24x7InstallScript.sh
      2. In Endpoint Central, click Create/Modify Script beside the Script Name field.
      3. In the pop-up window, upload the script you downloaded earlier.
      4. Click Add.
    2. If you would like to install the server monitoring agent via the command line, select Command Line in the Execute Script from / Run field.
      1. Open the terminal on your Linux device and run the command below to download the Linux server monitoring agent script:
        wget https://staticdownloads.site24x7.com/server/Site24x7InstallScript.sh
      2. In Endpoint Central, click Browse beside the Dependency File(s) field.
      3. In the pop-up window, upload the script you downloaded earlier.
      4. In the Command Line field, enter the command below (your device key will be displayed in Site24x7 under Admin > Developer > Device Key):
        bash Site24x7InstallScript.sh -i -f -installer=LinEC -key= -automation=true

        Note

        The command above will force install the agent by uninstalling the previously installed agent, if present, on the target servers.

  6. In the Frequency field, select Once.
  7. Enter the remote office domain according to your infrastructure configuration in Endpoint Central.
  8. Click Deploy Immediately.

Endpoint Central will now show the deployment status.

You can configure thresholds, notification channels, server resource checks, and much more during installation by following the instructions in this help document.

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