Inventory Agent > Installation

On Windows

To install the agent, utilize Windows Installer (msiexec) and the available configurations from the MSI package.

The following MSI properties are most commonly used:

Property	Description
INSTALLDIR	The installation folder Default value: C:\Program Files (x86)\RayVentory\
CONFIGDOWNLOADSOURCE	The URL from which the configuration will be downloaded. This is a required property if installed in a non-interactive mode.
RESULTUPLOADDESTINATION	The URL for the upload location to which the NDI files will be uploaded.
SCHEDULEGETCONFIG	The default schedule for getting the configuration Default value: 25 0 * * * Default value represents downloading a new configuration file every day at 00:25
SAASDISCODAYSBACK	Configures the SaaS discovery Default: 30 days of browser history
USAGEAGENTDISABLE	Disabled usage agent (one of the following: true or false) Default value: true

For a detailed description for each available config command, please, refer to the corresponding chapters.

Example

msiexec RVIA.msi INSTALLDIR=”C:\RayVentory Agent” SCHEDULEGETCONFIG=”25 0 * * *” CONFIGDOWNLOADSOURCE=http://192.168.123.123:951/rviaconfig/special.cfg RESULTUPLOADDESTINATION=http://192.168.123.123:951/Inventories/

This command installs the agent and configures it to download the configuration from the defined location every day at 00:25.

Be aware:

Changes in the configuration file may be later overridden by incoming configuration files pulled from the download location.

Be aware:

Ensure that the value for resultUploadDestination ends on a slash (/) as RVIA simply concatenates this value with the destination filename to generate the URL for the individual file upload. This behavior is intentional as it allows to prefix each uploaded file.
Example:

resultUploadDestination=http://myhost:591/

Example with prefix:

resultUploadDestination=http://myhost:591/myprefix

This will produce files on the RVSE host that start with "myprefix".

On Non-Windows

The command used for the installation on Linux/Unix machines depends on the operating system.

•AIX: sudo installp -aYF -d <package> rvia.rte

•DEB: sudo dpkg -i <package>

•MacOS: sudo installer -pkg <package> -target /

•RPM: sudo rpm -ivh <package>

•Solaris: sudo pkgadd -d <path/to/package> RVIA

The configuration of the agent is a separate step after the installation (cd /opt/rvia; sudo ./rvia getconfig <url>).