Configuring the agent on Linux systems

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 command /sterling_connect_direct-agent.sh config instance_name.
    Note: The instance_name is the name that you want to give to the agent instance.
  3. Command line displays the message Edit ‘Monitoring Agent for Sterling Connect Direct’ setting? [1=Yes, 2=No].
  4. Enter 1 to edit the settings.
  5. Specify values for the configuration parameters when you are prompted. For information about the configuration parameters, see Configuration parameters of the agent.
  6. Run the command to start the agent ./sterling_connect_direct-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. Get more information on using the Cloud APM console, at Starting the Cloud APM console.

For help with troubleshooting, see the Troubleshooting section.