Automox

Install the Automox agent on each system you want to manage.

This is your unique user key. Keep it handy to use during the installation process.

1. Choose Your OS

   • Linux
   • OS X
   • Windows

Manually install the Automox agent on each system you want to manage.

This is your unique user key. Keep it handy to use during the installation process.

1. Download the agent package for your OS

   RPM-based Distributions
   CentOS, RedHat, etc.

   32-bit 64-bit

   SUSE Distributions
   SUSE

   32-bit 64-bit

   DEB-based Distributions
   Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

   32-bit 64-bit

2. Install the agent and its dependencies

   RPM-based Distributions

   1. sudo yum install -y <filename>

   DEB-based Distributions

   1. sudo apt-get install curl aptitude lsb-release
   2. sudo dpkg -i <filename>

3. Set your access key

   The access key identifies the agent with your Automox account.

   1. sudo /opt/amagent/amagent --setkey

   If you are staging a machine image, stop here

   The agent automatically starts and registers with the console on the next boot

   To start managing the system immediately

   Start the amagent service:

   1. sudo service amagent start

That’s it! Within a few minutes, you will be able to manage system packages in the console.