Introduction
The purpose of this Knowledge Base (KB) article is to walk through the deployment of the Vyopta Collector to collect data from your on-premise infrastructure or endpoints.
Prerequisites
Minimum Server Requirements
| CPU | Dual CPUs |
| Memory | 8GB RAM |
| Disk Space | 80 GB (OS and Data) |
| Network | 1 Gbps Nic |
| Operating System |
Windows Server 2019 or Above CentOS 7/8+ RHEL 7/8+ Ubuntu 20.04+ |
Network Requirements
The Vyopta Collector requires outbound internet access to send the data collected to the Vyopta Cloud.
Please review the URL Requirements for the Vyopta Suite of Products for more details
Vyopta Service Account And Collector Install
The Vyopta Collector requires a service account on the Vyopta Admin portal to complete the install and send data to the Vyopta Cloud.
To create the service account please:
1. Log into the Vyopta Admin Portal
2. Click on "Getting Started" which is located on the menu on the left
3. Once the page loads, click on "I have prepared my environment" and click Continue
4. Download and review the license agreements, once reviewed Click the accept checkbox and proceed
5. Create a Service Account if one does not exist already. Once done, click Save.
**Note** If multiple collectors are required, a service account for each collector is required
6. Enter the service account details created in step 5
7. Provide Proxy details if one is required, otherwise click the "GET CONFIG FILE" which will generate and download the vyoptacollector.xml file and then click continue.
8. Download the Vyopta Collector for either Windows or Linux
Installation Instructions
1. Log into the Vyopta Server using RDP
2. Navigate to File Explorer under the C:\ drive or drive you would like to use
3. Create a folder called "Vyopta" and sub-folder with the version number of the collector.
4. Copy the vyoptacollector.exe and vyoptacollector.xml file to the server under the directory created in Step 3.
Example:
C:\Vyopta\4.8.X
5. Launch Command Prompt (CMD) in Administrator mode
6. Navigate to the directory set in step 3 by typing
C:\Vyopta\4.8.X
7. Run the Vyopta Install by running the following command
vyoptacollector.exe -install
**Note: To run the service under specific user credentials, run the following command
vyoptacollector.exe -install -username <username> -password <password>
1. SSH into your Vyopta Collector Server
2. Create a vyopta directory and a subdirectory with the version number under /opt or /usr/local depending on local policies and linux flavor.
I.E:
sudo mkdir /opt/vyopta/4.8.X
3. Copy the vyoptacollector.sh and vyoptacollector.xml file to the server under the directory created in step 2.
**Note: WinSCP can be used to accomplish this
4. Change the vyoptacollector.sh permissions by running
chmod 755 vyoptacollector.sh
5. Run the installer by running
./vyoptacollector.sh -install
**Note: To run the service under specific user credentials, run the following command
sudo sh vyoptacollector.sh -install -username <username>
To check the status, start, stop or restart the collector use the following command respectively
sudo systemctl status VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService
sudo systemctl start VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService
sudo systemctl stop VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService
sudo systemctl restart VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService
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