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Installing an Agent for a Third-Party Server

Install agents on third-party servers and manage the servers in HSS in a unified manner.

Installing the Agent for a Third-Party Linux Server

  1. Copy the Linux installation commands in Generating the Agent Installation Command (Linux).
  2. Log in to the target third-party Linux server as user root, paste and run the Linux installation command.

    If the command output shown in Installing an agent is displayed, the agent has been installed.
    Figure 1 Installing an agent

  3. Wait for about 10 minutes. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota. The ECS page is displayed.
  4. If the target server is displayed in the server list, the connection is successful.

Installing the Agent for a Third-Party Windows Server

  1. Copy the Windows installation package created in section Generating an Agent Installation Package (Windows) to the local PC.
  2. Upload the installation package to the target third-party Windows server where the agent is to be installed.
  1. Log in to the third-party server using the Administrator account.
  2. Decompress the installation package, double-click hostguard_setup.exe, and install the agent according to the installation wizard.

    After the generated .zip installation package is copied to the local PC, you must decompress the package before installing the software. Otherwise, the installation will fail.

  3. After the installation is complete, if the HostGuard.exe and HostWatch.exe processes are displayed in the Windows Task Manager, the agent is successfully installed.
  4. Wait for about 10 minutes. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota. The ECS page is displayed.
  5. If the target server is displayed in the server list, the connection is successful.
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