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Prerequisites

  1. Create a Middleware account
  2. Keep Middleware API Key and Target at hand https://app.middleware.io/installation#infrastructures/ubuntu
Make sure to replace MW_API_KEY_VALUE and MW_TARGET_VALUE placeholders in the steps ahead

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Method 1 : Install & Run Middleware Agent - Via Script

  • This script will Install a DEB file and start the Middleware Agent as a service.
  • If systemd is not available, it will create an upstart service.

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1-step installation script

MW_API_KEY=MW_API_KEY_VALUE MW_TARGET=MW_TARGET_VALUE bash -c "$(curl -L https://install.middleware.io/scripts/mesos-slave-ubuntu-install.sh)"

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Method 2 : Install & Run Middleware Agent - Manually

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1. Download DEB file

wget -O mw-agent_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb https://github.com/middleware-labs/mw-agent/releases/download/1.0.0/mw-agent_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb

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2. Install DEB file

sudo dpkg -i mw-agent_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb

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3. Run Middleware Agent

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3.1. Using CLI

mw-agent start --api-key MW_API_KEY_VALUE --target MW_TARGET_VALUE

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3.2. Using Service

3.2.1 For Ubuntu machines having systemd
  1. Create /etc/systemd/system/mwservice.service with the content given below
[Unit]
Description=Melt daemon!

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=$MW_AGENT_HOME/apt
ExecStart=mw-agent start --api-key MW_API_KEY_VALUE --target MW_TARGET_VALUE
Type=simple
TimeoutStopSec=10
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Enable & Start the service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable mwservice
sudo systemctl start mwservice
3.2.2 For older Ubuntu machines - not having systemd
  1. Create /etc/init/mwservice.conf with the content given below
mw-agent start --api-key MW_API_KEY_VALUE --target MW_TARGET_VALUE
  1. Create /etc/init/mwservice.conf with the content given below
start on startup
stop on shutdown

# Automatically respawn the service if it dies
respawn
respawn limit 5 60

# Start the service by running the executable script
script
    exec bash /etc/mw-agent/apt/executable
end script
  1. Enable & Start the service
sudo start mwservice

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Uninstall Middleware Agent

sudo dpkg -r mw-agent