IT-Conductor Gateway Setup for Ubuntu/Linux x64
This is the first setup process after subscribing to the IT-Conductor service, following successful email validation, and accepting the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA).
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This is the first setup process after subscribing to the IT-Conductor service, following successful email validation, and accepting the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA).
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The IT-Conductor Gateway allows communication between the customer's site network and the IT-Conductor cloud platform. It must be connected successfully before any private customer systems can be monitored by IT-Conductor.
1. Log in to the provisioned Gateway VM.
2. Configure TIME_WAIT socket recycling. Edit "/etc/sysctl.conf" and add the following entries before saving:
3. Reload the settings using the command below:
4. Navigate to the IT-Conductor menu: Support > Downloads > .
5. Download "itconductor-agent-6-71.x86_64.rpm" to a local directory.
• Install the RPM package. You should see the following output:
6. Edit "/opt/itconductor/conf/AGENT.XML" file. Replace the value holders as the following:
[ACCOUNTID] - This is the Service Account ID.
[APIKEY] - The API Key for the Service Account will be generated when the Service Account is created.
To obtain the Service Account ID and API Key, navigate to the IT-Conductor menu: Management > Security > Service Accounts.
[GATEWAYID] - This is the ID for one of the Gateways created by your administrator earlier.
To obtain the Gateway ID, navigate to the IT-Conductor menu: Management > Resources > Gateways.
If the proxy is used for connecting to the internet, update the values for the following keys:
<entry key="proxy">false</entry> <entry key="proxy.host">[PROXY Host]</entry> <entry key="proxy.port">[PROXY Port]</entry>
Additionally, if the proxy requires authentication, add the following lines:
<entry key="itconductor.agent.proxy.global">true</entry> <entry key="proxy.user">[PROXY User]</entry> <entry key="proxy.passwords">[PROXY Password]</entry>
7. Configure JRE; to verify that the default Java installation is Java 8 x64 JRE run the command below:
Extract the file to the "/opt/itconductor/" directory.
Edit the "/opt/itconductor/conf/startup" file and replace the value to "java_path=./<JRE Directory>/bin/java".
8. Optionally configure the Gateway Maximum Heap Size. The default size is limited to 1500 MB.
Edit the "/opt/itconductor/conf/startup" file and add/replace the value to "xmx=4000m". This limits the heap size to 4000 MB.
9. Test the IT-Conductor cloud connectivity using the command below:
Usually, the call returns IT-Conductor home page HTML content. If the host or corporate firewall blocks the connection, the error message will be displayed.
10. To start the gateway, use the command below:
11. To stop the gateway, use the command below:
You can a tar version of OpenJDK JRE from the IT-Conductor site or from the website.
