Configuring the agent on Linux systems

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To configure the agent on Linux® operating systems, you must run the script and respond to prompts.

Procedure

  1. On the command line, change the path to the agent installation directory.
    Example: /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin
  2. Run the following command where instance_name is the name that you want to give to the instance:
    ./cassandra-agent.sh config instance_name
  3. When the command line displays the following message, type 1 and enter:

    Edit ‘Monitoring Agent for Cassandra’ setting? [1=Yes, 2=No]

  4. Specify values for the configuration parameters when you are prompted.

    For information about the configuration parameters, see Configuration parameters of the agent.

  5. Run the following command to start the agent:

    ./cassandra-agent.sh start instance_name

What to do next

Log in to the Cloud APM console to view the data that is collected by the agent in the dashboards. For information about using the Cloud APM console, see Starting the Cloud APM console.

For help with troubleshooting, see the Troubleshooting section.