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Chapter14:SolarWindsOrionAgents
ThePackagefortheSolarWindsOrionAgenthasnowbeenpackagedand
publishedtoyourWSUSserver.
FormoreinformationonApprovingandDeployingsoftware,pleaseseethe
SolarWindsPatchManagerAdministrationGuide.
DeployingwithaGoldMasterImage
AGoldMasterImageisusedwhenyouwanttomaintainamasterimagethatis
copiedwhenanewserverisprovisioned.Thisisusefulforvirtualmachines,
physicalservers,andcloudinstances.Wheneveranewserverisbroughtonline
usingthisimage,theagentwillalreadybeinstalled.
Toinstalltheagentoffline,takethefollowingsteps:
1. Fromthewebconsole,navigatetoSettings> AgentSettings>Download
AgentSoftware.
2. IntheMassDeploymentFilescolumn,choosetheagentcommunication
mode.Thisinformationisincludedintheautomaticallygeneratedfiles.
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ForAgentInitiatedcommunication,enterwhichpollingengineyou
wanttheagenttouse.Youmayneedtomanuallyenterthepolling
engineinformationiftheIP addressisdifferentfromwhatthe
SolarWinds Orionserverreports.Thishappenswhenthemonitored
hostisbehindaNATorproxydevice.Inthesecases,entertheIP
addressoftheSolarWinds Orionserverortheadditionalpolling
engineasitisaccessiblefromthehostwheretheagentwillbe
installed.
a. Touseapredefinedpollingengine,selectUseConnection
DetailsfromPollingEngine,andthenchooseapollingengine
fromthedrop-downmenu.
b. TomanuallyenterthepollingengineIP address,selectEnter
ConnectionDetailsManually,andthenenterthehostname
andIPaddress.TheIP addressisrequired.Usethehostname
andIP addressofthepollingenginethattheclientsknow.
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ForServerInitiatedcommunications,enteryourAgent
CommunicationPortnumber.Bydefault,thisisportnumber17790.
3. SelectGoldMasterImageandthenclickDownloadZip.
4. Extractthecontentsofthe.zipfile.
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