Install a System Monitor on UNIX/Linux

1. Using a secure FTP client, such as WinSCP, log in to the system where you will be installing the Agent using root privileges.
2. Copy the install package to /root/tmp directory on the *NIX machine.
3. Using a terminal emulator, such as PuTTY, open an additional connection to the *NIX machine.
4. In the table below, find your *NIX version in the first column.
5. Verify that an Agent is not currently installed by running the command in the Check Version column.
6. If necessary, uninstall the Agent by running the command in the Remove/Uninstall Agent column.
7. In PuTTY, go to the /tmp directory.

8. Install the agent by running the command in the Install column.

   

   For text files with specific installation instructions with each Agent installer, see the SysMon downloads page on the LogRhythm Community.

9. Go to the Agent configuration folder: cd /opt/logrhythm/scsm/config
10. Update the scsm.ini file with the correct host IP: vi scsm.ini For more information, see Manually Update the System Monitor Configuration File.
11. Go to the service bin folder: cd /etc/init.d/
12. Start the Agent: ./scsm start
13. To register the agent, see the Agent Identification and Acceptance page in the Enterprise SIEM section of the LogRhythm Documentation site.

For more information about downloading Agent installers and their corresponding file names, consult the appropriate upgrade guide.