Managing Collectors

The MgC Agent (formerly Edge) installation package contains some collector installation packages. When the MgC Agent is installed, these collectors are also installed. This section describes how to upgrade a collector and add a collector.

Scenarios

Offline upgrade: used for updating installed collector or installing new collectors
Manual upgrade: used for installing or modifying collectors

Prerequisites

You have installed the MgC Agent. For details, see Installing the MgC Agent.

Offline Upgrade

Sign in to the MgC Agent console.
In the navigation pane, choose Collectors.

You can view the types, versions, and installation paths of installed collectors.
Sign in to the MgC console, and choose MgC Agent > Offline Collectors. Download the latest version of the desired collector.
(Optional) Verify the integrity of the installation package. Hover the cursor over Download SHA256 File to learn the verification method.
After the verification succeeds, save the installation package to the root directory of the MgC Agent installation (for example, C:\MgC-Agent). Do not change the name of the collector installation package. Click Upgrade. The system automatically installs and upgrades the collectors.

On the Collectors tab, if the version of an installed collector is the latest, the collector has been upgraded.

Manual Upgrade

Sign in to the MgC Agent console.
In the navigation pane, choose Collectors.

You can view the types, versions, and installation paths of installed collectors.
To install a new collector, sign in to the MgC console, choose MgC Agent > Offline Collectors, and download the latest version of the desired collector. Then, perform 4 to 5.

To modify a collector's configuration file, copy and open the collector installation path, find the configuration file, and modify and save it. Then click Refresh. The system automatically updates the collector configuration information.
(Optional) Verify the integrity of the installation package. Hover the cursor over Download SHA256 File to learn the verification method.
After the verification succeeds, decompress the installation package to the collector installation directory (for example, C:\MgC-Agent\tools\plugins\collectors\python\windows\mgc-app-discovery-collectors-windows\), and click Refresh Status. The system will automatically install the collector. On the Application Dependency Collectors tab, if the new collector is displayed, the collector is successfully added.