BES Agent on Ubuntu/Debian

Usage and Config Platform
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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Hello,

If you need to test the BES agent on a Ubuntu/Debian, I succesfully used the steps below on Ubuntu 9.10.

  1. Download the BES Agent RPM package from http://support.bigfix.com/install/bescl … html#linux

  2. Convert and install the RPM package using

alien -i /home/marc/besagent.rpm -c postinst postrm prerm

Ignore warnings/errors.

3)In /etc/init.d/BESClient-7.2.5.22

3a) comment the line

. /etc/init.d/functions

3b) replace the line

daemon /opt/BESClient/bin/$prog

by

start-stop-daemon --start --exec /opt/BESClient/bin/$prog

4/ Create the following directory

mkdir /var/lock/subsys/

5/ Copy the actionsite.afxm from your BES Server to /etc/opt/BESClient/

The actionsite.afxm is usually found in \BESInstallers\BESClientDeploy\BigFixInstallSource\ClientInstaller

on your BES Server

6/ Start the BES Client

/etc/init.d/BESClient-7.2.5.22 start

7/ Check that the BES Client process is running

ps aux | grep BESClient

Cheers,

Marc

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(imported comment written by saml91)

Broken link, it appears it replaced your url with an elipsis in the middle.

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(imported comment written by NoahSalzman)

The link is to

the download page for non-windows clients

.

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(imported comment written by Vern91)

I am unclear which BESClient version you used to install on Ubuntu. Can you specify the OS and rpm package.

Never mind. Was missing the C++ 5 package. Used the RedHat x86 Client on Unbutu 10

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i followed all the steps but cant be able to edit the file which is mentioned on step 3, secondly i have installed all BESClient but the services is unrecognized. can anyone help me please??

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See the reply to your other post