IN the .hq directory un hyperic home --what is purpose of passwd entry in a

[hypermike]

Im trying to deploy the hyperic agents to various linux and Solaris boxes. I want to push
the agent.properties file to these systems before installing the agent. I DONT want to have the
HQ servera userid and passwd inserted in this file. But I believe they are necessary as if NOT
included you are prompted for this information. Since Im not logging into each agent machine, I wont be able to reply to these messages. Can anyone tell me the purpose of
the userid and passwd en try here ????? and why its necessary?? Is there a workaround here. Also If I put an agent.properties file in the .hq directory and do a clean install will it
pick up the information in the .hq agent properties file, OR will I have to run a hq-agent.sh -setup later ???? I using open source server and agents NOT enterprise .

[excowboy · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,


> Im trying to deploy the hyperic agents to various
> linux and Solaris boxes.

Good idea 😉 Did you ever think of building a Solaris package ?

> I want to push
> the agent.properties file to these systems before
> installing the agent. I DONT want to have the
> HQ servera userid and passwd inserted in this file.

Why not ? For security reasons ? Username and password are only necessary during installation. So you may change the password before installing and configuration of the new clients and use it as a one time password. The user you enter in the configuration file is also the owner of the resources.

> But I believe they are necessary as if NOT
> included you are prompted for this information.
> Since Im not logging into each agent machine, I wont
> be able to reply to these messages. Can anyone tell
> me the purpose of
> he userid and passwd en try here ????? and why its
> necessary?? Is there a workaround here. Also If I put
> an agent.properties file in the .hq directory and do
> a clean install will it
> pick up the information in the .hq agent properties
> file, OR will I have to run a hq-agent.sh -setup
> later ???? I using open source server and agents NOT
> enterprise .

I advise you to build some custom HQ Agent tar.gz archives with your specific configuration properties according to the documentation:

http://support.hyperic.com/confluence/display/DOC/HQ+Agent+Configuration#HQAgentConfiguration-auto

-
Mirko

[hypermike]

thanks