Manually deploying agents - tarball

Install agents on nodes running DataStax Enterprise clusters.

Prerequisites

  • The DataStax Enterprise cluster is up and running.
  • OpsCenter is installed and configured.
  • JMX connectivity is enabled on each node in the cluster.
  • SYSSTAT Utilities (needed for the collection of I/O metrics).
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address.yaml

The location of the address.yaml file depends on the type of installation:
  • Package installations: /var/lib/datastax-agent/conf/address.yaml
  • Tarball installations: install_location/conf/address.yaml

opscenterd.conf

The location of the opscenterd.conf file depends on the type of installation:
  • Package installations: /etc/opscenter/opscenterd.conf
  • Tarball installations: install_location/conf/opscenterd.conf

Procedure

  1. Download the DataStax agent tarball, expand and unarchive it. 
    curl -L http://downloads.datastax.com/enterprise/datastax-agent-version_number.tar.gz | tar xz
  2. Change into the agent directory. 
    cd datastax-agent-version_number
  3. In address.yaml set stomp_interface to the IP address that OpsCenter is using. You might have to create the address.yaml file. 
    echo "stomp_interface: reachable_opscenterd_ip" >> ./conf/address.yaml
  4. If SSL communication is enabled in opscenterd.conf, use SSL in address.yaml. 
    echo "use_ssl: 1" >> ./conf/address.yaml
  5. Start the agent. 
    bin/datastax-agent
    Use the -f flag to run in the foreground.