Introduction
The list describes the functionalities available for root and non-root users of Linux Agent.
List of Functions:
- Jobs
- Console
- Remote Command Execution
- Patching
- Task / Script Execution
- RBA Execution
- Basic Monitors
- Other Monitors
- Custom Monitor
- Application Monitors
Jobs
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset information | Yes | Yes | |
| Missing Patches | Yes | Yes |
Console
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSH | Yes | Yes |
Remote command execution
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU and Memory Usage | Yes | Yes | |
| Disk Usage | Yes | Yes | |
| HostName | Yes | Yes | |
| IP Config | Yes | Yes | |
| NS Lookup | Yes | Yes | |
| Ping | Yes | Yes | |
| Processes | Yes | Yes | |
| Restart Agent | Yes | Yes | |
| Services | Yes | Yes | |
| System Info | Yes | Yes | |
| Show Recent Agent Logs | Yes | Yes | |
| Enable Agent Log Debug Mode | Yes | Yes |
Patching
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patch Scan | Yes | Yes | |
| Patch Install | Yes | Yes | |
| System Reboot after patching | Yes | Yes | Non-Root needs execute permissions to run reboot command |
Task / Script execution
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYTHON | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present. |
| COMMAND | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| Perl | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| PHP | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| Shell | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| File Download | Yes | Yes | Non-Root user needs access to the output directory. |
RBA execution
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYTHON | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present. |
| COMMAND | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| Perl | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| PHP | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
| Shell | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present |
Basic monitors
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Utilization | Yes | Yes | |
| Disk Utilization | Yes | Yes | |
| Memory Utilization | Yes | Yes | |
| FREE Disk | Yes | Yes | |
| Uptime | Yes | Yes | |
| CPU Stats | Yes | Yes | |
| Load | Yes | Yes | |
| Virtual CPU | Yes | Yes | |
| Process | Yes | Yes | |
| Network | Yes | Yes |
Other monitors
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Process statistics | Yes | Yes | Five metrics are part of the process statistics monitor.
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| File Size monitor | Yes | Yes | The file should have read permissions and access to the folder. |
| Log File Monitor | Yes | Yes | The file should have read permissions and access to the folder. |
| Linux Disk State | Yes | Yes | |
| TCP Connection statistics | Yes | Yes | |
| TCP Port Monitor | Yes | Yes | |
| Linux File Integrity check | Yes | Yes | The file should have read permissions and access to the folder. |
| File Check Monitor | Yes | Yes | The file should have read permissions and access to the folder. |
| StatsD monitor | Yes | Yes | |
| Linux Service Monitor | Yes | Yes |
Custom monitors
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present in the script |
| Perl | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present in the script |
| Shell | Yes | Yes | For Non-Root, all scripts/commands work only when any root privileged commands are not present in the script |
Application monitors
| Function | Root | Non-Root | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active MQ | Yes | Yes | |
| Apache HTTPD | Yes | Yes | |
| Cassandra | Yes | Yes | |
| couchdb | Yes | Yes | |
| elastic search | Yes | Yes | |
| DESKIOPS | Yes | Yes | |
| Hadoop | Yes | Yes | |
| hbase | Yes | Yes | |
| Jboss | Yes | Yes | |
| Kafka | Yes | Yes | |
| Tomcat | Yes | Yes | |
| lighthttpd | Yes | Yes | |
| memcached | Yes | Yes | |
| Nginx | Yes | Yes | |
| postgresql | Yes | Yes | |
| rabbitmq | Yes | Yes | |
| redis | Yes | Yes | |
| riak | Yes | Yes | |
| solr | Yes | Yes | |
| squid | Yes | Yes | |
| weblogic | Yes | Yes | |
| websphere | Yes | Yes | |
| zookeeper | Yes | Yes | |
| MySQL | Yes | Yes | |
| Docker | Yes | Yes | |
| HAproxy | Yes | Yes | |
| Ceph | Yes | Yes | |
| Postfix | Yes | Yes | |
| Mongo | Yes | Yes | Default installation does not require any change. |
| spark | Yes | Yes | Default installation does not require any change. |
| NTP | Yes | Yes | |
| OpenVPN | Yes | Yes | |
| varnish | Yes | Yes | |
| DNS | Yes | Yes | |
| IPTables | Yes | Yes |