How to deploy linux agent and all necessary agent plugins at the same time?

We have a bunch (100+) of CentOS nodes.
After installing agent packages (we use manual installation with swiagent.tar.gz), about 50% nodes still not responding (and assigned SAM applications are Unknown).
But these nodes are present on "Manage Agents" page.

After some investigation, we realized what installing agent package is not enough to start polling - also some agent plugins must be installed.
I found a way to deploy necessary agent plugins - install process begins after pressing "List Resource" button on node summary page.
Before pressing "List Resources" agent directory contains "10 directories, 46 files", after - "257 directories, 2155 files".
So after that, node start responding and all SAM applications became UP.

1. Why these agent plugins were not installed during swiagent package deploying? Swiagent doesn't include them? Why?
2. How to force mass "List Resources" to deploy all missed plugins on these 100+ nodes?
3. How the process of deploying linux agent must should look like? What am I doing wrong?

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omavel

Any ideas?

aLTeReGo

Agent plugins are deployed dynamically, only as needed. If you'd like to seed the plugins as part of your deployment, you would simply copy the plugins folder from an Agent that has all the plugins you wish to use elsewhere. Then using chef, puppet, etc. you can have those plugins copied to the plugin folder of each agent that's deployed in your environment.

To force a plugin deployment form the Orion server, you can utilize the Orion SDK to initiate a list resources. Alternatively, you can kick off a discovery job. Just simply select the Agent(s) on the second step of the Discovery Wizard.

omavel

[quote userid="6361" url="~/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/forum/91730/how-to-deploy-linux-agent-and-all-necessary-agent-plugins-at-the-same-time/292108#292108"]Agent plugins are deployed dynamically, only as needed.[/quote]

Well, I need them and applied SAM templates need them (without these plugins SAM apps are still Unknown), but nothing happens until I press "List resources"

[quote userid="6361" url="~/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/forum/91730/how-to-deploy-linux-agent-and-all-necessary-agent-plugins-at-the-same-time/292108#292108"]you would simply copy the plugins folder from an Agent that has all the plugins you wish to use elsewhere[/quote]

I tried. So I copied all packages from fine-working machine (from the /opt/SolarWinds/Agent/bin/appdata/Plugins) to the machine with no agent plugins installed and restarted an agent.

Before:

After:

[quote userid="6361" url="~/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/forum/91730/how-to-deploy-linux-agent-and-all-necessary-agent-plugins-at-the-same-time/292108#292108"]Alternatively, you can kick off a discovery job.[/quote]

Thank for the idea!

omavel

Huh, after some time, assigned applications become Up, so this method (with copying plugin packages) works fine. But SWS still can't see these plugins on "Installed Agent Plug-Ins" list, but I think that's not a big deal.