Installing the agent on Debian

This guide explains how to install the Signal Sciences agent on Debian.

Prerequisites

Before installing the agent, you need to:

  • Determine the version of Debian you want to use.
  • Copy the agent keys for the site that you want the agent to be able to access. You will use the agent keys when configuring the Signal Sciences Agent package.

Add the package repository

Begin the agent installation by adding the version of the Debian package repository that you want to use.

Debian 11 - Bullseye

To add the Debian 11 - Bullseye package, run the following script:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https wget gnupg
$ wget -qO - https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/sigsci.gpg
$ sudo echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sigsci.gpg] https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/debian/ bullseye main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sigsci-release.list
$ sudo apt-get update

Debian 10 - Buster

To add the Debian 10 - Buster package, run the following script:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https wget gnupg
$ wget -qO - https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/sigsci.gpg
$ sudo echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sigsci.gpg] https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/debian/ buster main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sigsci-release.list
$ sudo apt-get update

Debian 9 - Stretch

To add the Debian 9 - Stretch package, run the following script:

$ sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https wget gnupg
$ wget -qO - https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sigsci-release.list <<-'EOF'
deb https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/debian/ stretch main
EOF
$ sudo apt-get update

Debian 8 - Jessie

To add the Debian 8 - Jessie package, run the following script:

$ sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https wget
$ wget -qO - https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sigsci-release.list <<-'EOF'
deb https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/debian/ jessie main
EOF
$ sudo apt-get update

Debian 7 - Wheezy

To add the Debian 7 - Wheezy package, run the following script:

$ sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https wget
$ wget -qO - https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sigsci-release.list <<-'EOF'
deb https://apt.signalsciences.net/release/debian/ wheezy main
EOF
$ sudo apt-get update

Install and configure the Signal Sciences Agent package

Now that you've downloaded the Debian package repository, you can install and configure the Signal Sciences Agent package:

  1. Run the following command to install the Signal Sciences Agent package:
    $ sudo apt-get install sigsci-agent
  2. Create an empty agent configuration file in the following directory: /etc/sigsci/agent.conf.
  3. Add the agent keys for your site to the agent configuration file.
    accesskeyid = "AGENTACCESSKEYHERE"
    secretaccesskey = "AGENTSECRETACCESSKEYHERE"
  4. Save the agent configuration file.

Start the Signal Sciences agent

Now that you've installed and configured the agent package, you can start the Signal Sciences agent.

For Debian versions 8 and above, run the following command to start the Signal Sciences agent:

$ sudo systemctl start sigsci-agent

For Debian 7, run the following command to start the Signal Sciences agent:

$ sudo service sigsci-agent start

Optionally, enable the agent auto-update service. On a set schedule, the service checks the package downloads site for a new version of the agent and updates the agent when a new version is available.

Next steps

Explore our module options and install the Signal Sciences module.

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