This shows how to download and install an Amazon Linux agent.

An agent has the following features, which can be selectively enabled:

  • Automation Runbook automation, remote script execution, and custom script monitoring
  • PatchManagement Device patch scanning and installation
  • RemoteCommand Remote command execution
  • RemoteConsole Remote device access

By default, all features are enabled.

The agent download file name format is opsramp-agent_{version}_{osType}.{packageType} where

  • version Agent version
  • osType 32-bit or 64-bit
  • packageType installation package format.

For example,

opsramp-agent_8.0.0-1_x86_64.rpm

After the agent is installed, the agent automatically starts sending telemetry to the cloud.

The following sections describe how to download and install the the agent for different installation options.