SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
This page describes the steps for installing and upgrading NXLog Agent on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Installing NXLog Agent
First, download the appropriate NXLog Agent install file from the NXLog website.
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Log in to your account, then click My account at the top of the page.
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Under the Downloads > NXLog Agent files tab, download the correct archive for your system.
Table 1. Available SLES NXLog Agent files Platform Archive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
nxlog-6.2.9212_sles12_x86_64.tar.bz2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
nxlog-6.2.9212_sles15_x86_64.tar.bz2
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Use SFTP or a similar secure method to transfer the archive to the target server.
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Log in to the target server and extract the contents of the archive.
# tar xjf nxlog-6.2.9212_sles15_x86_64.tar.bz2
Table 2. NXLog Agent packages in a SLES archive Package Description nxlog-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
The main NXLog Agent package
nxlog-checkpoint-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
Provides the im_checkpoint module
nxlog-dbi-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-java-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-kafka-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-odbc-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-pcap-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
Provides the im_pcap module
nxlog-perl-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-python-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-ruby-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
nxlog-systemd-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
Provides the im_systemd module
nxlog-wseventing-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
Provides the im_wseventing module
nxlog-zmq-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
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Optional: To change the NXLog Agent user and group for the installation, set the
NXLOG_USER
andNXLOG_GROUP
environment variables. During installation, a new user and group will be created from these environment variables. They will be used for the User and Group directives innxlog.conf
, and to set ownership of the/opt/nxlog
directory. Specifying an already existing user or group is not supported. The created user and group will be deleted when you uninstall NXLog Agent.# export NXLOG_USER=nxlog2 # export NXLOG_GROUP=nxlog2
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Download the public key file from the NXLog’s public contrib repository and import it to the RPM database.
# rpm --import nxlog-pubkey.asc
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Install the required NXLog Agent packages and their dependencies. This example installs the main NXLog Agent package only.
# zypper install nxlog-6.2.9212_sles15.x86_64.rpm
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Configure NXLog Agent by editing
/opt/nxlog/etc/nxlog.conf
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Verify the configuration file syntax.
# /opt/nxlog/bin/nxlog -v 2020-10-17 08:05:06 INFO configuration OK
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Start the service using the
service
command:# systemctl start nxlog.service
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Check that the NXLog Agent service is running with the
systemctl
command.# systemctl | grep nxlog nxlog.service loaded active running NXLog daemon
Upgrading NXLog Agent
To update an NXLog Agent installation to the latest release, use zypper
as described in the installation instructions above.
We recommend making a backup of the configuration files before starting this process.
# zypper install nxlog-6.2.9212_sles12.x86_64.rpm
To replace a trial installation of NXLog Agent with a licensed copy of the same version, follow the installation instructions.
The same user and group will be used for the upgrade as was used for the original installation. See installation user and group above. Changing to a different user and group during an upgrade is not supported. |
Uninstalling NXLog Agent
Use zypper remove
to uninstall NXLog Agent.
To remove any packages that were dependencies of NXLog Agent but are not required by any other packages, use the --clean-deps
option.
Verify the operation before going ahead!
# zypper remove 'nxlog*'
This procedure may not remove all files that were created while configuring NXLog Agent.
Likewise, any files created as a result of NXLog Agent’s operations will not be removed.
To find these files, examine the NXLog Agent configuration files and check the NXLog Agent installation directory (/opt/nxlog ).
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