Import Docker Images for an Offline Installation of the Azure Event Hub Beat

To install docker images, which allows for Open Collector to operate offline, do the following:

1. Remove the previous versions.yml file if one exists.

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    rm -f versions.yml

2. Download and copy all the artifacts below to the virtual machine hosted on Azure.

   S. No.	Component	Link	Checksum
   1	lrctl	lrctl_6_4_0.tar	lrctl_6_4_0.tar.sha256
   2	open-collector	opencollector_5_5_4.tar	opencollector_5_5_4.tar.sha256
   3	metrics	metrics_6_0_1.tar	metrics_6_0_1.tar.sha256
   4	eventhub	eventhubbeat_6_0_4.tar	eventhubbeat_6_0_4.tar.sha256
   5	versions.yml	versions.yml	versions.yml.sha256
   6	lrctl(script)	lrctl_script	lrctl_script.sh.sha256
   7	alpine	Alpine.tar	alpine.tar.sha256
   8	docker 20.10.8	docker_20_10_8.tar.gz	docker_20_10_8.tar.sha256

   

   Before extracting the .tar files into docker images, the Docker must be installed.

   If the Docker is already installed, skip to step 6.

3. Extract docker_20_10_8.tar.gz:

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   tar xzvf /path/to/docker_20_10_8.tar.gz

4. Move the binaries to /usr/bin/:

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   cp docker/* /usr/bin/

5. Start the Docker Daemon:

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   dockerd &

6. Before downloading the artifacts, remove any running container(s) and the images related to that container. 

   1. To stop all the running components, run the following command: 

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      docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq)

   2. Next, remove all the docker images in the system:

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      docker rmi -f $(docker images -aq)

7. To extract a docker image from a .tar file, use the following command:

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   docker load < <image-name>.tar

   

8. Repeat step 7 until all .tar files are extracted.
9. Place lrctl and versions.yml in the same folder.

10. Execute this command after step 9.

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    ./lrctl autoupdate disable

Use "-V versions.yml"  with every command while working with the beat.

BASH

./lrctl -V versions.yml eventhubbeat start

Once all the .tar files have been extracted, start the Open Collector and Azure Event Hub Beat as normal by following the steps at .Configure the Azure Event Hub Beat v2021.12.