Agent Install: Manual Linux Installation

Manual installation of the native Linux agent is recommended in the following cases:

• Full control over the deployment process

• Integration with configuration management tools

• Custom kernel

• Unsupported distribution (within Debian/Fedora flavors)

Otherwise, you may want to follow Agent Install: Non-Orchestrated

Note: If you are installing the Sysdig agent in an orchestrated infrastructure such as Kubernetes, Mesos/Marathon, use the respective Installation Guides:

• Agent Install: Kubernetes

• Agent Install: Mesos | Marathon | DCOS

Prerequisites

• Review the Agent Installation Requirements.

• Collect the configuration parameters:

  • ACCESS_KEY: Your unique access key string. Inability to retrieve the key indicates that the administrator of your instance might have it turned off for non-admin users. Contact your Sysdig administrator to receive the key. If you still have issues please contact Sysdig Support.

  • TAGS: The optional parameter you can use to list one or more tags for this host. Tagging your hosts is highly recommended. Agent Tags allow you to sort nodes of your infrastructure into custom groups in Sysdig Monitor. Replace the [TAGS] parameter above with a comma-separated list of TAG_NAME:TAG_VALUE. For example: role:webserver,location:europe

  • COLLECTOR: The collector URL for Sysdig Monitor or Sysdig Secure. This value is region-dependent in SaaS and is auto-completed on the Get Started page in the Monitor UI or the Data Sources page in Secure. It is a custom value in on-prem installations.

  • SECURE: Use a secure SSL/TLS connection to send metrics to the collector. This option is enabled by default.

• Run the commands as root or with sudo.

Installation

Follow the instructions for the appropriate Linux distribution:

Debian, Ubuntu

1. Use the Sysdig Monitor GPG key, configure the apt repository, and update the package list:

   curl -s https://download.sysdig.com/DRAIOS-GPG-KEY.public | apt-key add -
   curl -s -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/draios.list http://download.sysdig.com/stable/deb/draios.list
   apt-get update
   

2. Install kernel development files.

   Note: The following command might not work with every kernel. Ensure that you customize the name of the package properly.

   apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
   

3. Install, configure, and restart the Sysdig agent.

   apt-get -y install draios-agent
   echo customerid: ACCESS_KEY >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   echo tags: [TAGS] >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   echo collector: COLLECTOR_URL >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   echo ssl: true >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   service dragent restart
   

   See Prerequisites for the configuration parameters required.

CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, Amazon AMI, Amazon Linux 2

1. Trust the Sysdig Monitor GPG key, configure the yum repository.

   $ rpm --import https://download.sysdig.com/DRAIOS-GPG-KEY.public
   $ curl -s -o /etc/yum.repos.d/draios.repo http://download.sysdig.com/stable/rpm/draios.repo
   

2. Install the EPEL repository.

   Note: The following command is required only if DKMS is not available in the distribution. You can verify if DKMS is available with yum list dkms.

   The command below contains a sample release number (for RHEL8); be sure to update with the correct release. See the EPEL quickstart for more information.

   $ yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
   

3. Install kernel development files.

   Note: The following command might not work with every kernel. Make sure to customize the name of the package properly.

   $ yum -y install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
   

4. Install, configure, and start the Sysdig agent.

   $ yum -y install draios-agent
   $ echo customerid: ACCESS_KEY >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   $ echo tags: [TAGS] >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   $ echo collector: COLLECTOR_URL >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   $ echo ssl: true >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   $ echo secure: true >> /opt/draios/etc/dragent.yaml
   $ sudo systemctl enable dragent
   $ sudo systemctl start dragent
   

   See Prerequisites for the configuration parameters required.

5. If you using a non-systemd Linux distribution, use the service command to start dragent.

   $ service dragent restart
   

Other Linux Distributions

The Sysdig agent is unsupported outside of the Debian, Fedora, and Amazon distributions.