Amazon Linux Agent Installation

Add the package repository

Add the version of the Amazon Linux package repository that you want to use.

Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 is most similar to CentOS 7 and reuses the same configuration.

Run the following script:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/sigsci.repo <<-'EOF'
[sigsci_release]
name=sigsci_release
baseurl=https://yum.signalsciences.net/release/el/7/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://yum.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey https://dl.signalsciences.net/sigsci-agent/gpg.key
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
EOF

Amazon Linux 2015.09.01

Amazon Linux 2015.09.01 is most similar to CentOS 6 and reuses the same configuration.

Run the following script:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/sigsci.repo <<-'EOF'
[sigsci_release]
name=sigsci_release
baseurl=https://yum.signalsciences.net/release/el/6/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://yum.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey https://dl.signalsciences.net/sigsci-agent/gpg.key
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
EOF

Install the Signal Sciences Agent package

1. Run the following command:

   sudo yum install sigsci-agent
   

2. Create an empty agent configuration file at /etc/sigsci/agent.conf.

3. Add the Agent Access Key and Agent Secret Key into the agent configuration file at /etc/sigsci/agent.conf.

   1. Log in to the Signal Sciences console.

   2. Select a site if you have more than one site.

   3. Click Agents in the navigation bar. The agents page appears.

   4. Click View agent keys. The agent keys window appears.

      

   5. Copy the Agent Access Key and Agent Secret Key.

      

   6. Enter the Agent Access Key and Agent Secret Key into /etc/sigsci/agent.conf.

      accesskeyid = "AGENTACCESSKEYHERE"
      secretaccesskey = "AGENTSECRETACCESSKEYHERE"
      

4. Start the Signal Sciences Agent.

   • Amazon Linux 2

     sudo systemctl start sigsci-agent
     

   • Amazon Linux 2015.09.01

     start sigsci-agent
     

Next Steps

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