The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Installing and Configuring on Unix
Note:
• To install the eG agent on Tru64/FreeBSD/CentOS/openSUSE operating systems also, you
will have to use the standard Linux package, and follow the installation procedure
discussed above.
• A license is not required for installing an eG agent. However, the licensing terms of the eG
manager should support the number of agents being deployed.
2.7.4 Installing an Agent on AIX
The standard eG agent software for AIX has been provided as a tar file named eGagent_aix.tar. An
accompanying script called iAgent_aix drives the installation process for the agent. The steps involved
in installing this agent are as follows:
1. To start the installation process, execute the iAgent_aix script, with the eGagent_aix.tar file located in
the same directory as iAgent_aix.
Note:
The agent installation must be performed from a super-user account.
2. Next, specify the user account to be used for executing the eG agent. First enter the name of the
eG user. The default value taken is “egurkha”. Then, enter the group with which the eG user is to
be associated. The default value taken is “egurkha”. The installation will attempt to create the
user account if it does not exist on the system.
This script will install the eG agent. The eG agent must be installed and executed
by a separate user. If you have installed the eG manager on the same system, you
must use the same user and the same installation directory for the manager and the
agent.
Enter the name of the eG user [egurkha]:
3. Enter the directory in which the eG agent should be installed [/opt]:
Next enter the path to the directory in which the eG agent will reside. The default base directory
for eG Enterprise is /opt. A subdirectory named egurkha will be created under the base directory. If
the base directory is not /opt, a symbolic link will be created from the egurkha subdirectory of the
base directory to /opt/egurkha.
4. Would you like the eG agent to auto-restart on system boot-up? y/n [n]
The install process will now request the user to confirm installation of the auto-restart feature.
This feature will enable the agent to start automatically every time the system hosting the agent
reboots. Now, press y to install the auto-restart feature, or n to proceed without installing the
same.
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