Install the MongoDB Agent to Only Monitor or Backup Deployments

You have a project and want to install the MongoDB Agent to monitor and/or back up your MongoDB deployments. You are choosing not to manage your MongoDB deployments at this time.

Note

Review the Prerequisites First

Please review the MongoDB Agent Prerequisites before installing the MongoDB Agent.

Use this procedure to install the MongoDB Agent on x86_64 architecture running Microsoft Windows:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click Windows - MSI.

Download the MongoDB Agent.

The MongoDB Agent Installation Instructions box displays the following information:

Base URL

Required for binding to a project.

Project ID (Required for binding to a project)
API Key
If you do not have an API Key, click Generate Key.

Some or all of these values are required in a later step. Copy these values then store them where you can access them later.

Install the MongoDB Agent.

After the MSI downloads, double-click:
mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.windows_x86_64.msi
If a security warning appears, click Run.
At the Configuration/Log Folder step
Provide the directory into which these files are saved.
At the Key Type step, select Agent API Key to bind to a specific project.
Enter the appropriate agent keys.
Note
These keys are provided in the MongoDB Agent Installation Instructions modal described in the previous step.

Type your Base URL into the Base URL field.
Type your Project ID into the Project ID field.
Type your Agent API Key into the Agent API Key field.
Type your Agent API Key into the Agent API Key field.

At the MongoDB Paths step, specify the Log and Backup directories
At the Windows Firewall Configuration step, click your preferred firewall configuration.
If you click Configure firewall rules allowing access from only the specified |ipaddr| addresses., type the necessary IPv4 addresses into the provided box.
(Conditional) Windows enables Stealth Mode for the Windows Firewall by default. If you have not disabled it on the MongoDB host on which you are installing the MongoDB Agent, you are asked to disable it. Stealth Mode significantly degrades the performance and capability of the MongoDB Agent. Click Disable Stealth Mode.
(Conditional) Windows does not enable Disk Performance Counters by default. If you have not enabled Disk Performance Counters for the MongoDB host, click Enable Disk Performance Counters. The MongoDB Agent uses these counters for some of its hardware monitoring activities.
Click Install.
Click Finish once setup is complete.

After the MSI downloads, you can run an unattended install. You run an unattended install from the command line in either the command interpreter or PowerShell. To learn more about unattended installs, see Microsoft's documentation on Standard Installer Command-Line Options

To run the MSI installer unattended from the command line, you invoke msiexec.exe with the /q and /i flags and a combination of required and optional parameters:

Parameter	Necessity	Value
`MMSAPIKEY`	Required	Agent API key of your Ops Manager project.
`MMSBASEURL`	Required	URL of the Ops Manager host.
`MMSGROUPID`	Required	Unique Identifier of your Ops Manager project.
`CONFIGLOGDIR`	Optional	Absolute file path to which Ops Manager should write the MongoDB Agent configuration file.
`LOGFILE`	Optional	Absolute file path to which Ops Manager should write the MongoDB Agent log
`MMSCONFIGBACKUP`	Optional	Absolute file path to the Ops Manager automation configuration backup JSON file.

Example

To install the MongoDB Agent unattended, you would invoke msiexec.exe with the following options:

msiexec.exe /q /i "C:\PATH\TO\mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.windows_x86_64.msi" MMSGROUPID=<GROUP.ID> MMSAPIKEY=<AGENT.API.ID> MMSBASEURL="<http://opsmanager.example.com:8080>" LOGFILE="C:\MMSData\Server\Log\automation-agent.log" MMSCONFIGBACKUP="C:\MMSData\MongoDB\mms-cluster-config-backup.json"

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

(Optional) Change the location of the MongoDB Agent binaries and configuration backup files.

By default, the MongoDB binaries and Ops Manager configuration backup file are located in %SystemDrive%\MMSMongoDB\versions.

Note

Windows sets the %SystemDrive% environment variable to the drive on which you installed Windows. By default, you would be directed to install Windows on the C: drive. To find your %SystemDrive%, issue with following command from PowerShell:

get-childitem env:SystemDrive

If you want to store these files in a different directory, follow these procedures:

To change the location of the MongoDB Agent Binaries

Click Deployment, then Agents, and then Downloads & Settings.
Below the Download Directory heading, click to the right of the path shown in Download Directory (Windows).
Change the path to the new path you want.
Click Save.
Create the new directory you specified on each host that runs an MongoDB Agent. Use Windows Explorer to move the file or issue the following command from a Command Prompt or PowerShell:
```
md \<newPath>
```
Important
Make sure the system user that runs the MongoDB Agent can write to this new directory. This is usually the SYSTEM user, which requires no additional configuration unless you changed the user.

To change the location of the MongoDB Agent configuration backup

Open the MongoDB Agent configuration file in your preferred text editor.
Change the mmsConfigBackup setting to the new path for the configuration backup file. Replace X with the drive letter on which your backup is stored.
```
mmsConfigBackup=X:\<newPath>\mms-cluster-config-backup.json
```
Save the MongoDB Agent configuration file.
Move the configuration backup file to the new directory. Use Windows Explorer to move the file or issue the following command from a Command Prompt or PowerShell:
```
move %SystemDrive%\MMSMongoDB\versions\mms-cluster-config-backup.json \<newPath>
```

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Use this procedure to install the MongoDB Agent:

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

If your deployment depends on the presence of MongoDB binaries in the PATH, you must manually add the paths to MongoDB binaries to the PATH. To learn how to update environment variables, refer to your operating system's documentation.

On x86_64 architecture running Debian 9, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, or Ubuntu 22.04:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click Debian 9, Ubuntu 16.X/18.X - DEB.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for Ubuntu 18.04/20.04/22.04 or Debian 9/10/11 for 64-bit x86:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.amd64.ubuntu1604.deb

Note

Replace <OpsManagerHost>:<Port> with the hostname and port of your Ops Manager Application. If present, replace <version> with the major version of the operating system. For example, replace <version> with 7 for RHEL 7.x.

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The data directory stores MongoDB data. For an existing MongoDB deployment, ensure that the directory is owned by the mongodb user. If no MongoDB deployment exists, create the directory and set the owner.

To create a data directory and set the owner as the mongodb user:

sudo mkdir -p /data; sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo systemctl start mongodb-mms-automation-agent.service

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

On zSeries architecture running Ubuntu 18.04 using a deb package:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click Ubuntu 18.X Z-Series (s390x) - DEB.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for Ubuntu 18.04 for IBM zSeries:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.s390x.ubuntu1804.deb

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

To create a data directory and set the owner as the mongodb user:

sudo mkdir -p /data; sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo systemctl start mongodb-mms-automation-agent.service

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Use this procedure to install the MongoDB Agent:

On x86_64 architecture:

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

Running Amazon Linux using an rpm package:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click Amazon Linux - RPM.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for 64-bit x86:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.x86_64.rpm

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The data directory stores MongoDB data and must be owned by the mongod user. For an existing MongoDB deployment, ensure the directory has the mongod user as owner. If no MongoDB deployment exists, create the directory and set the owner.

The following commands create a data directory and set the owner as the mongod user:

sudo mkdir /data; sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms-automation-agent start

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Running RHEL (7.x, 8.x, or 9.x) or CentOS (7.x or 8.x), SUSE12, SUSE15, or Amazon Linux 2:

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

Using an rpm package:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (7.X), SUSE12, Amazon Linux2 - RPM.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL 7 for 64-bit x86:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.x86_64.rhel<version>.rpm

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The following commands create a data directory and set the owner as the mongod user:

sudo mkdir /data; sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms-automation-agent start

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Using a tar archive:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (7.X), SUSE12, Amazon Linux 2 - TAR.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL for 64-bit x86:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.rhel7_x86_64.tar.gz

Note

Extract the MongoDB Agent.

You can install the MongoDB Agent in any directory. If you want to move the archive to another directory before extracting, you may do so.

To install the MongoDB Agent, extract the archive:

tar -xvzf mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.rhel7_x86_64.tar.gz

Change to the extracted binary directory.

Change into the directory that was created after extracting the MongoDB Agent binary:

cd mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.rhel7_x86_64

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor:

vi <install-path>/local.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the local.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor.

vi <install-path>/local.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Optional: Create the binary, log, and data directories.

Create the following directories to store files that the MongoDB Agent needs.

Note

The use of mongodb-mms-automation in the file path is a legacy artifact and does not mean that the MongoDB Agent is being installed with Automation configured.

Component	Default Directory	Description
Binaries	`/var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the binaries that the MongoDB Agent manages. They include the MongoDB Agent, BI Connector, and MongoDB binaries.
MongoDB Agent logs	`/var/log/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the log files that the MongoDB Agent creates.
MongoDB databases	`/data`	These are the databases that the MongoDB Agent creates and manages.

Run the following commands to create the directories:

sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /data

By default, the Agent binaries and Ops Manager configuration backup file are located in /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation. If you want to store these files in a different directory, follow these procedures:

To change the location of the Agent Binaries:

Click Deployment, then Agents, and then Downloads & Settings.
Below the Download Directory heading, click the pencil icon to the right of the path shown in Download Directory (Linux).
Change the path to the new path you want.
Click Save.
Create the new directory you specified on each host that runs an Agent.
```
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /<newPath>
```

To change the location of the Agent configuration backup:

Open the Agent configuration file in your preferred text editor.
Change the mmsConfigBackup setting to the new path for the configuration backup file.
```
mmsConfigBackup=/<newPath>/mms-cluster-config-backup.json
```
Save the Agent configuration file.
Move the configuration backup file to the new directory.
```
sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/mms-cluster-config-backup.json /<newPath>
```

Assign permissions to the system user that runs the MongoDB Agent.

Run the following commands:

# Create mongod user and group if they do not exist
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id -g mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/groupadd -r mongod
fi
# Create mongod user if they do not exist and assign
# them to the mongod group
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/useradd -M -r -g mongod \
    -d /var/lib/mongo -s /bin/false \
    -c mongod mongod > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Grant the mongod:mongod user and group permissions
# to manage deployments.
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/lib/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/log/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

From the directory in which you installed the MongoDB Agent and as the system user you created in the last step, issue the following command:

nohup ./mongodb-mms-automation-agent \
  --config=local.config \
  >> /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/automation-agent-fatal.log 2>&1 &

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

On RHEL / CentOS (7.x) on PowerPC architecture (managing MongoDB 3.6 or later deployments):

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

Using an rpm package:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (7.X) Power (ppc64le) - RPM.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL 7 for PowerPC:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.ppc641e.rhel<version>.rpm

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The following commands create a data directory and set the owner as the mongod user:

sudo mkdir /data; sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms-automation-agent start

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Using a tar archive:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (7.X) Power (ppc64le) - TAR.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL 7 for PowerPC:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.rhel7_ppc64le.tar.gz

Note

Extract the MongoDB Agent.

You can install the MongoDB Agent in any directory. If you want to move the archive to another directory before extracting, you may do so.

To install the MongoDB Agent, extract the archive:

tar -xvzf mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.rhel7_ppc64le.tar.gz

Change to the extracted binary directory.

Change into the directory that was created after extracting the MongoDB Agent binary:

cd mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.rhel7_ppc64le

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor:

vi <install-path>/local.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the local.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor.

vi <install-path>/local.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Optional: Create the binary, log, and data directories.

Create the following directories to store files that the MongoDB Agent needs.

Note

The use of mongodb-mms-automation in the file path is a legacy artifact and does not mean that the MongoDB Agent is being installed with Automation configured.

Component	Default Directory	Description
Binaries	`/var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the binaries that the MongoDB Agent manages. They include the MongoDB Agent, BI Connector, and MongoDB binaries.
MongoDB Agent logs	`/var/log/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the log files that the MongoDB Agent creates.
MongoDB databases	`/data`	These are the databases that the MongoDB Agent creates and manages.

Run the following commands to create the directories:

sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /data

To change the location of the Agent Binaries:

Click Deployment, then Agents, and then Downloads & Settings.
Below the Download Directory heading, click the pencil icon to the right of the path shown in Download Directory (Linux).
Change the path to the new path you want.
Click Save.
Create the new directory you specified on each host that runs an Agent.
```
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /<newPath>
```

To change the location of the Agent configuration backup:

Open the Agent configuration file in your preferred text editor.
Change the mmsConfigBackup setting to the new path for the configuration backup file.
```
mmsConfigBackup=/<newPath>/mms-cluster-config-backup.json
```
Save the Agent configuration file.
Move the configuration backup file to the new directory.
```
sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/mms-cluster-config-backup.json /<newPath>
```

Assign permissions to the system user that runs the MongoDB Agent.

Run the following commands:

# Create mongod user and group if they do not exist
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id -g mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/groupadd -r mongod
fi
# Create mongod user if they do not exist and assign
# them to the mongod group
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/useradd -M -r -g mongod \
    -d /var/lib/mongo -s /bin/false \
    -c mongod mongod > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Grant the mongod:mongod user and group permissions
# to manage deployments.
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/lib/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/log/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

From the directory in which you installed the MongoDB Agent and as the system user you created in the last step, issue the following command:

nohup ./mongodb-mms-automation-agent \
  --config=local.config \
  >> /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/automation-agent-fatal.log 2>&1 &

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

On zSeries architecture (managing MongoDB 4.4 or later deployments):

Running RHEL (7.x, 8.x, or 9.x) or CentOS (7.x or 8.x) using the rpm package manager:

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL 7.X/8X Z-Series (s390x) - RPM.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL 7.X/8.X for IBM zSeries:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.s390x.rhel<version>.rpm

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The following commands create a data directory and set the owner as the mongod user:

sudo mkdir /data; sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms-automation-agent start

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

On ARM64 architecture running RHEL (8.x or 9.x) or Amazon Linux 2:

Important

Starting with version 11.0.5.6967-1, when you install the MongoDB Agent using deb or rpm packages, the package doesn't add MongoDB binaries to the PATH environment variable.

Running RHEL (8.x or 9.x) or Amazon Linux 2 using the rpm package manager:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (8.X/9.X), Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023 - TAR (ARM).

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL (8.x or 9.x) or Amazon Linux 2 for ARM64:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.aarch64.amzn2.rpm

Note

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor:

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the automation-agent.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the automation-agent.config file in your preferred text editor.

sudo vi /etc/mongodb-mms/automation-agent.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Prepare the data directory.

The following commands create a data directory and set the owner as the mongod user:

sudo mkdir /data; sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

Issue the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms-automation-agent start

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Running RHEL (8.x or 9.x) or Amazon Linux 2 using a tar archive:

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click RHEL/CentOS (8.X/9.X), Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023 - TAR (ARM).

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for RHEL (8.x or 9.x) or Amazon Linux 2 for ARM64:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.amzn2_aarch64.tar.gz

Note

Extract the MongoDB Agent.

You can install the MongoDB Agent in any directory. If you want to move the archive to another directory before extracting, you may do so.

To install the MongoDB Agent, extract the archive:

tar -xvzf mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.amzn2_aarch64.tar.gz

Change to the extracted binary directory.

Change into the directory that was created after extracting the MongoDB Agent binary:

cd mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.amzn2_aarch64

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor:

vi <install-path>/local.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the local.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor.

vi <install-path>/local.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Optional: Create the binary, log, and data directories.

Create the following directories to store files that the MongoDB Agent needs.

Note

The use of mongodb-mms-automation in the file path is a legacy artifact and does not mean that the MongoDB Agent is being installed with Automation configured.

Component	Default Directory	Description
Binaries	`/var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the binaries that the MongoDB Agent manages. They include the MongoDB Agent, BI Connector, and MongoDB binaries.
MongoDB Agent logs	`/var/log/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the log files that the MongoDB Agent creates.
MongoDB databases	`/data`	These are the databases that the MongoDB Agent creates and manages.

Run the following commands to create the directories:

sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /data

To change the location of the Agent Binaries:

Click Deployment, then Agents, and then Downloads & Settings.
Below the Download Directory heading, click the pencil icon to the right of the path shown in Download Directory (Linux).
Change the path to the new path you want.
Click Save.
Create the new directory you specified on each host that runs an Agent.
```
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /<newPath>
```

To change the location of the Agent configuration backup:

Open the Agent configuration file in your preferred text editor.
Change the mmsConfigBackup setting to the new path for the configuration backup file.
```
mmsConfigBackup=/<newPath>/mms-cluster-config-backup.json
```
Save the Agent configuration file.
Move the configuration backup file to the new directory.
```
sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/mms-cluster-config-backup.json /<newPath>
```

Assign permissions to the system user that runs the MongoDB Agent.

Run the following commands:

# Create mongod user and group if they do not exist
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id -g mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/groupadd -r mongod
fi
# Create mongod user if they do not exist and assign
# them to the mongod group
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id mongod &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/useradd -M -r -g mongod \
    -d /var/lib/mongo -s /bin/false \
    -c mongod mongod > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Grant the mongod:mongod user and group permissions
# to manage deployments.
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/lib/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/log/mongod-mms-automation
sudo chown mongod:mongod /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

From the directory in which you installed the MongoDB Agent and as the system user you created in the last step, issue the following command:

nohup ./mongodb-mms-automation-agent \
  --config=local.config \
  >> /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/automation-agent-fatal.log 2>&1 &

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

Use this procedure to install Linux systems that do not use deb or rpm packages.

Log in to the Ops Manager Application.

Navigate to the MongoDB Agent Download page.

If you have a project with existing deployments, you can install the MongoDB Agent on your existing deployments:

Select the desired Project from the Context menu.
Click Deployment.
Click Agents.
Click Downloads & Settings.
From the Select Your Server's Operating System menu, click Other Linux - TAR.

Download the latest version of the MongoDB Agent.

Starting with this step, follow the MongoDB Agent installation modal and copy the commands provided into the Linux shell.

From a system shell on the host that will run the MongoDB Agent, issue the following curl command to download the installer for Generic 64-bit Linux:

curl -OL https://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>/download/agent/automation/mongodb-mms-automation-agent-manager-latest.linux_x86_64.tar.gz

Note

Extract the MongoDB Agent.

You can install the MongoDB Agent in any directory. If you want to move the archive to another directory before extracting, you may do so.

To install the MongoDB Agent, extract the archive:

tar -xvzf mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.linux_x86_64.tar.gz

Change to the extracted binary directory.

Change into the directory that was created after extracting the MongoDB Agent binary:

cd mongodb-mms-automation-agent-<VERSION>.linux_x86_64

Edit the MongoDB Agent configuration file.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor:

vi <install-path>/local.config

Update the following configuration options:

Key	Value
`mmsGroupId`	`ProjectID` of your project.
`mmsApiKey`	Agent API key of your project.
mmsbaseurl	URL (hostname and port) of the Ops Manager Application.

The resulting changes to the local.config file should look like the following:

mmsGroupId=<Project ID>
mmsApiKey=<agent API key>
mmsBaseUrl=<application URL>

Optional: Configure the MongoDB Agent to use a proxy server.

To configure the MongoDB Agent to connect to Ops Manager via a proxy server, you must specify the server in the httpProxy environment variable.

In the directory where you installed the MongoDB Agent, open the local.config file in your preferred text editor.

vi <install-path>/local.config

Add the following configuration key:

Key	Value
`httpProxy`	URL (hostname and port) of to your proxy server.

Optional: Create the binary, log, and data directories.

Create the following directories to store files that the MongoDB Agent needs.

Note

The use of mongodb-mms-automation in the file path is a legacy artifact and does not mean that the MongoDB Agent is being installed with Automation configured.

Component	Default Directory	Description
Binaries	`/var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the binaries that the MongoDB Agent manages. They include the MongoDB Agent, BI Connector, and MongoDB binaries.
MongoDB Agent logs	`/var/log/mongodb-mms-automation`	These are the log files that the MongoDB Agent creates.
MongoDB databases	`/data`	These are the databases that the MongoDB Agent creates and manages.

Run the following commands to create the directories:

sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /data

To change the location of the Agent Binaries:

Click Deployment, then Agents, and then Downloads & Settings.
Below the Download Directory heading, click the pencil icon to the right of the path shown in Download Directory (Linux).
Change the path to the new path you want.
Click Save.
Create the new directory you specified on each host that runs an Agent.
```
sudo mkdir -m 755 -p /<newPath>
```

To change the location of the Agent configuration backup:

Open the Agent configuration file in your preferred text editor.
Change the mmsConfigBackup setting to the new path for the configuration backup file.
```
mmsConfigBackup=/<newPath>/mms-cluster-config-backup.json
```
Save the Agent configuration file.
Move the configuration backup file to the new directory.
```
sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation/mms-cluster-config-backup.json /<newPath>
```

Assign permissions to the system user that runs the MongoDB Agent.

Run the following commands:

# Create mongodb user and group if they do not exist
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id -g mongodb &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/groupadd -r mongodb
fi
# Create mongodb user if they do not exist and assign
# them to the mongodb group
if ! sudo /usr/bin/id mongodb &>/dev/null; then
  sudo /usr/sbin/useradd -M -r -g mongodb \
    -d /var/lib/mongo -s /bin/false \
    -c mongodb mongodb > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Grant the mongodb:mongodb user and group permissions
# to manage deployments.
sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation
sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /data

Start the MongoDB Agent.

From the directory in which you installed the MongoDB Agent and as the system user you created in the last step, issue the following command:

nohup ./mongodb-mms-automation-agent \
  --config=local.config \
  >> /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/automation-agent-fatal.log 2>&1 &

Finish the installation of the MongoDB Agent.

In the Install Agent Instructions modal, click Done.

Repeat the installation procedure for each MongoDB host.

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