Install a Monitoring Agent

The Controller has its own built-in Agent. Additional agents can be installed on other machines to monitor other networks or to spread the monitoring load. A Monitoring Agent may be used by several Controllers simultaneously.

Tip: To learn how the Monitoring Agent is secured and how to further configure the settings, take a look at how to customize your connection security.

Installing a Monitoring Agent requires administration rights.

Note: From NeoLoad 9.1, services are installed without administration rights. To install services with administration rights, use the account Local System.

To install a Monitoring Agent with the GUI installer, follow this step:

  • Run neoload_2023_4_0_windows_<bitness>.exe, and select the Monitoring Agent installation option.

To install a Monitoring Agent in console mode, follow this step:

  • Run the command line start /wait neoload_2023_4_0_windows_<bitness>.exe -c

To install a Monitoring Agent in silent mode, follow these steps:

  • Create a "response.varfile" file that includes the following content:

Copy 

# install4j response file for NeoLoad ME
acceptedFingerprintsNotFormated=
activateCertificateVerification$Boolean=true
executeLauncherAction$Boolean=false
installService$Boolean=true
isLicenseAgreed$Boolean=false
startOnBootUp$Boolean=true
sys.adminRights$Boolean=false
sys.component.Common$Boolean=true
sys.component.Controller$Boolean=false
sys.component.Controller\ Agent$Boolean=false
sys.component.Load\ Generator$Boolean=false
sys.component.Monitor\ Agent$Boolean=true
sys.component.Paexec$Boolean=false
sys.component.RealBrowser$Boolean=false
sys.component.Windivert$Boolean=false
sys.installationTypeId=Monitoring Agent
sys.languageId=en
sys.programGroupDisabled$Boolean=true
                    

  • Run the command line neoload_2023_4_0_windows_<bitness>.exe -q -c -dir <installdir> -varfile response.varfile

Note: To start the Monitoring Agent as a service, set the installService$Boolean key to true.

To install a Monitoring Agent with the GUI installer, follow these steps: 

  1. Open neoload_2023_4_0_osx.dmg.

  2. Run NeoLoad Installer.app.

  3. Select the Monitoring Agent option.

Installing a Monitoring Agent requires to be part of the sudo group.

Note: The Agent is automatically declared as a service. The MonitoringAgentService is subsequently launched each time the system is started.

To install a Monitoring Agent with the GUI installer, follow these steps: 

  1. Open the terminal and type the command:

    sudo sh neoload_2023_4_0_linux_<bitness>.sh

  2. Select the Monitoring Agent installation option.

Before installing and executing NeoLoad on a headless Linux, the following libraries must be installed, depending on the package manager (RPM, DPKG ,APT, YUM…):

  • for a 32bit installer: "fontconfig" or "fontconfig:386" or "fontconfig.i686"

  • for a 64bit installer: "fontconfig" or "fontconfig.x86_64"

  • "urw-fonts" or "fonts-urw-base35"

Example:

For Debian 64bits: "sudo apt-get install fontconfig fonts-urw-base35"

For RedHat 64bits: "yum install fontconfig.x86_64 urw-fonts"

To install a Monitoring Agent in console mode, follow this step:

  • Open the terminal and type the command:

    sudo sh neoload_2023_4_0_linux_<bitness>.sh -c

To install a Monitoring Agent in silent mode, follow these steps: 

  • Create a "response.varfile" file that includes the following content:

    Copy 

    # install4j response file for NeoLoad ME
    acceptedFingerprintsNotFormated=
    activateCertificateVerification$Boolean=true
    executeLauncherAction$Boolean=false
    installService$Boolean=true
    isLicenseAgreed$Boolean=false
    startOnBootUp$Boolean=true
    sys.adminRights$Boolean=false
    sys.component.Common$Boolean=true
    sys.component.Controller$Boolean=false
    sys.component.Controller\ Agent$Boolean=false
    sys.component.Load\ Generator$Boolean=false
    sys.component.Monitor\ Agent$Boolean=true
    sys.component.Paexec$Boolean=false
    sys.component.RealBrowser$Boolean=false
    sys.component.Windivert$Boolean=false
    sys.installationTypeId=Monitoring Agent
    sys.languageId=en
    sys.programGroupDisabled$Boolean=true
                        

  • Open the terminal and type the command:

    sudo sh neoload_2023_4_0_linux_<bitness>.sh -q -c -dir <installdir> -varfile response.varfile

Note: To start the Monitoring Agent as a service, set the installService$Boolean key to true.