Install the agent
Snow Inventory Agent for Linux can be installed either by using a prepared RPM or DEB installation package, or manually by using copies of the binary files.
The files are one executable file named snowagent and one configuration file named snowagent.config. These two files are by default located in the /opt/snow directory. To see a command line summary of the executable, use the following command from a command prompt:
/opt/snow/snowagent -?
Prepare an installation package
As a Snow Atlas user, you can create your own installation packages by using Package Builder.
Otherwise, Snow Support will create the installation packages for you. When ordering an installation package from Snow Support, the current configuration file must be supplied. If no configuration file exists, certain information, according to the description below, must be supplied so that a new configuration file can be created.
Required information:
address to the Snow Inventory Server, including port number
site name
Optional information:
name of the configuration file
cron scan time (default is “daily”)
if the Snow Inventory Oracle Scanner should be included
if previous versions of the Snow Inventory Client for Linux should be removed
The installation package can be copied to any folder, but preferably to the root folder. The install command must be run from the folder where the package is located, while the uninstall command can be run from any folder.
During the installation of the agent an application argument will be automatically added to cron:
nice –n 10 /opt/snow/snowagent
Install the agent using a prepared RPM installation package
Run the commands with superuser privileges, which can be obtained by using for example sudo.
Install
Execute the rpm command with the argument -i, for example:
sudo rpm -i snowagent-<version>-1.i386.rpm
Uninstall
Execute the rpm command with the argument -e, for example:
sudo rpm -e snowagent
Known limitations in the RPM package
The RPM package supports the install (-i) and uninstall (-e) arguments.
To upgrade, uninstall and then perform a normal installation.
Install the agent using a prepared DEB installation package
Run the commands with superuser privileges, which can be obtained by using for example sudo.
Install
Execute the dpkg command with the argument -i, for example:
sudo dpkg -i snowagent_<version>-1_i386.deb
Uninstall
Execute the dpkg command with the argument -r, for example:
sudo dpkg -r snowagent
Known limitations in the DEB package
The DEB package supports the install (-i) and uninstall (-r) arguments.
To upgrade, uninstall and then perform a normal installation.
Install the agent manually
All directory path references reflect a default installation. Run all commands with superuser privileges, which can be obtained by using for example sudo.
Install
Copy the following files to /opt/snow directory on the computer:
snowagent
snowagent.config
sios.jar (optionally)
snowcron
snowcron.conf
Schedule snowagent by using a scheduler, or use the snowcron script to schedule with cron (see Configure the scan schedule).
Update installation date and last scan date in .hst.lg with the following command line:
echo "InstallDate=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" > /opt/snow/data/.hst.lg
Uninstall
Remove any scheduling of snowagent – use the same scheduler as it was installed with.
For snowcron, use the following command line:
sudo snowcron –r /opt/snow/snowagent
Delete all installed files, data files, and temporary files with the following command line:
sudo rm –fR /opt/snow