Installing agent relays in silent mode#

In silent mode, you specify the installation properties in a text file and then run the agent relay installation without command-line prompts.

To install the agent relay in silent mode, you specify the installation properties in a properties file. The example.agentrelay.install.properties file is provided as an example of a properties file. The example.agentrelay.install.properties file is in the agent relay installation file.

  1. Download and extract the agent relay installer to the computer on which you want to install the agent relay:

    • To download the installer from the server, click Help , located in the upper-right corner of the page, and then click Tools. Then, click HCL Launch Agent Relay and download and extract the file.
    • To find the installer on the server with the command line, go to the following location and copy the file to the target system: installation_folder/opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/tools/agent-relay.zip
    • Expand the compressed installation file.
  2. Open the example.agentrelay.install.properties file for editing, or copy the example.agentrelay.install.properties file to a new properties file.

  3. Customize the installation by specifying the properties in the following table.

    If you do not specify a property, the default value is used. These properties are copied to the agentrelay.properties file of the completed installation.

    Property Default value Description
    agentrelay.home /opt/ibm/agentrelay on Linux or C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\agentrelay on Windows™ The installation folder for the relay. On Windows, escape each backslash with an additional backslash, as in the following example:agentrelay.home=C:\\Program Files\\UCD\\agentrelay
    agentrelay.http_proxy.host 0.0.0.0 The IP address or host name on which the relay listens for HTTP requests from agents. In most cases, the agent relay listens on all IP addresses that are available to the computer; in this case, specify 0.0.0.0.
    agentrelay.http_proxy.port 20080 The port on which the agent relay listens for HTTP requests coming from agents. In addition, the relay automatically listens for CodeStation requests on port HTTP_proxy + 1 on the system where the agent relay is located. If you use the default port for HTTP requests, the relay uses 20081 for CodeStation requests and artifact transfers. If the CodeStation request port is blocked, agents cannot download artifacts.
    agentrelay.http_proxy.use_rabbit   If the relay needs to be able to proxy HTTP traffic then the old proxy can be enabled by including this property in the relays agentrelay.properties file.
    agentrelay.user agentrelay The user with which to run the agent relay. This property is not used on Windows systems.
    agentrelay.group agentrelay The group with which to run the agent relay. This property is not used on Windows systems.
    verify.server.identity false Whether the agent relay attempts to verify the server certificate. If set to true, you must import the server certificate to the JRE keystore on the agent relay.
    agentrelay.codestation.server_url None. The full URL of the central server to connect to, such as `https://myserver.example.com:8443.`
    agentrelay.codestation.server_password None. An authentication token from the server.
    agentrelay.codestation.enable_replication false Specify true to enable artifact caching on the relay.
    agentrelay.codestation.max_cache_size None. The size to which to limit the artifact cache, such as 500M for 500 MB or 5G for 5 GB. To not put a limit on the cache, specify none. By default, each hour, the agent relay checks the size of the artifact cache. If the cache is over the limit, the agent relay removes files based on which files have not been used in the longest time. Therefore, the total disk space used by the cache can exceed the cache limit. You must ensure that the agent relay has enough space to store all of the cached artifacts.
    agentrelay.codestation.geotags None. If you choose to cache files on the relay, you can specify one or more component version statuses here, separated by semicolons. The agent relay automatically caches component versions with any of these statuses so that those versions are ready when they are needed for a deployment. A status can contain a space except in the first or last position. A status can contain commas. The special * status replicates all artifacts, but use this status with caution, because it can make the agent relay store a large amount of data. If no value is specified, no component versions are cached automatically. If you cache files on the relay, do not put the CodeStation cache on an NFS file system.
    agentrelay.install.service false Specify true to install as a Windows service.This property is used only on Windows.
    agentrelay.install.service.name agentrelay The name of the service. This property is used only on Windows.
    agentrelay.install.service.login .\\localsystem The user to run the service. This property is used only on Windows.
    agentrelay.install.service.password nopass The password for the user that runs the service. This property is used only on Windows.
    agentrelay.install.service.autostart false Specify true to start the service automatically. This property is used only on Windows.
    java.home None. To use a JRE other than the JRE in the JAVA_HOME environment variable, specify the location of that JRE here.
    agentrelay.keystore.password changeit The keystore password for the agentrelay.keystore file.
    agentrelay.cert.alias agentrelay The certificate alias for the agentrelay.keystore file.
    agentrelay.cert.password changeit The password for the agentrelay.keystore certificate.
    codestation.keystore conf/codestation.keystore The location of the keystore for HTTPS communication.
    codestation.keystore.password changeit The keystore password for the codestation.keystore file.
    codestation.cert.alias agentrelay The certificate alias for the codestation.keystore file.
    codestation.cert.password changeit The password for the codestation.keystore certificate.
  4. Save the file.

  5. Run the installation file with the install-silent.cmd command on Windows or the ./install-silent.sh command on Linux. Provide the properties file as a command-line argument.

    For example, on Windows, if the properties file is named installrelay.properties, type the following command:

    install-silent.cmd installrelay.properties

    On Linux, if the properties file is named installrelay.properties, type the following command:

    ./install-silent.sh installrelay.properties

    To install a FIPS-compliant agent relay, add the -fips parameter, as in the following example:

    ./install-silent.sh installrelay.properties -fips

  6. If the relay is on Linux or UNIX and will connect to 400 or more agents, increase the process and file limit for the server:

    1. Add the following lines to the file that sets process and file limits.

      For example, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 7, use the /etc/security/limits.conf file. For AIX, use the /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf file.

      relayUser soft nofile 60000 relayUser hard nofile 60000 relayUser soft nproc 65535 relayUser hard nproc 65535

      Use the name of the operating system user that is running the agent relay for relayUser. By default, the agent relay installation program creates a user that is named agentrelay.

    2. Restart the computer that hosts the agent relay.

  7. To start the agent relay, go to the installation folder for the relay and run the following command:

    bin/agentrelay start

Any messages that are created during the installation are stored in the file agentrelay-install.log.

If you must modify the relay, you can edit these properties in the agentrelay.properties file in the relay_installation\conf directory.

Now you can install agents and connect them to the relay. See Installing agents.

To monitor the status of the relay and the agents that are connected to it, click Resources > Agent Relays. This tab shows the number of active and offline agents that are connected to each relay, as shown in the following figure:

Information about agent relays, including the number and state of connected agents

For more information about an agent relay, in the Name column, click the relay.

Parent topic: Installing agent relays