Configuring the agent by responding to prompts

You must assign an instance name to the MQ Appliance agent and configure the agent before it can start monitoring your IBM® MQ Appliances.

Procedure

To configure the agent by running the script and responding to prompts, complete the following steps:

Run the following command:
```
install_dir/bin/mq_appliance-agent.sh config instance_name
```
where install_dir is the path where the agent is installed and instance_name is the name that you want to give to the agent instance.
Example:
```
/opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/mq_appliance-agent.sh config AQM904
```
Respond to the prompts to set configuration values for the agent.

See Configuration parameters for the MQ Appliance agent for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.

Run the following command to start the agent:

install_dir/bin/mq_appliance-agent.sh start instance_name

Example:

/opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/mq_appliance-agent.sh start AQM904

Results

Now, you can log in to the Cloud APM console and use the Applications editor to add the MQ Appliance agent instance to the Application Performance Dashboard. For instructions on how to start the Cloud APM console, see Starting the Cloud APM console. For information about using the Applications editor, see Managing applications.