Installing the Vyopta Collector on Linux.

The collector installer must be obtained from https://my.vyopta.com/admin/ by following the Upgrade Collector workflow. The collector is not available using a package manager (for instance, apt or yum).

If needed, use the GET CONFIG FILE link to obtain the vyoptacollector.xml file.  

Once obtained, place vyoptacollector.sh and vyoptacollector.xml in a directory that contains no spaces in its name, and cd to this directory. It is not recommended that this be placed on a networked filesystem.

Ensure that the execution bit is set on the installer by using the command:

chmod +x vyoptacollector.sh 

and run the installer with:

./vyoptacollector.sh -install

In needed, please consult a local Linux administrator for assistance.

Starting,  Stopping and finding the status of your collector on Linux

When installing the vyoptacollector.sh file for the first time,  we will register the collector as a Systemd service. For more information on how Systemd works with our collector,  please see the following doc

Enabling Systemd with the VyoptaCollector.jar (cross platform version)

To check the status, use the following command,  and you should see the results below

sudo systemctl status VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService

● VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService.service - Manage vyopta collector service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-03-15 14:53:42 PDT; 53s ago
Main PID: 311453 (java)
Tasks: 115 (limit: 9252)
CGroup: /system.slice/VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService.service
├─311453 /bin/java -jar vyoptacollector.jar
└─311559 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-arm64/bin/java -Xmx2G --add-opens java.xml/com.s>

Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.803 [311559][C+E][main] DEBUG com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.829 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.841 [311559][C+E][MonitorScheduler] DEBUG >
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.916 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.917 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.921 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.925 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:35 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:35.928 [311559][C+E][main] INFO com.vyopta.g>
Mar 15 14:54:36 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:36.031 [311559][C+E][MonitorScheduler] INFO >
Mar 15 14:54:36 ubuntu java[311559]: 2021-03-15 14:54:36.217 [311559][C+E][MonitorScheduler] DEBUG >

To restart the collector   

sudo systemctl restart VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService

To stop the collector

sudo systemctl stop VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService

To start the collector

sudo systemctl start VyoptaCPMDataCollectorService