Installation

Step 1: Prerequisites

• Users can download CloudFabrix provided OVF and deploy a VM ( Service VM profile ) with the below recommended configuration for installing CloudFabrix Edge Collector.

  • 4vCPU

  • 16GB RAM

  • Default disks

• EdgeCollector Download to the provisioned VM https://macaw-amer.s3.amazonaws.com/edgecollector/cfxedgecollector-1.0.49.tar.gz

Step2 : Install cfxEdgeCollector using following commands:

1. Login to the above deployed VM (default credentials) using SSH tool (putty or equivalent) macaw/macaw123

$ wget https://macaw-amer.s3.amazonaws.com/edgecollector/cfxedgecollector-1.0.49.tar.gz

2. Install the above downloaded cfxEdgeCollector binary

$ sudo pip install cfxedgecollector-1.0.49.tar.gz

Step3 : Verify cfxEdgeCollector installation using the following help command.

$ cfxedgecollector --help
usage: cfxedgecollector [--version] [--start] [--stop] [--delete] [--status][-h]                       [{authconfig,collect,configure,export,parsertest,register,scheduler,status,uninstall,backup,restore,job}]
positional arguments:
{authconfig,collect,configure,export,parsertest,register,scheduler,status,uninstall,backup,restore,job}
                        Directory name containing job.json and necessary
                        credentials
optional arguments:
  --version         Shows the version information
  --start           Starts the edge collector service, which will provide
                    the UI also sends the Heartbeat to the registered
                         realize setups
  --stop            Stops the edge collector service
  --delete          Deletes the edge collector service
  --status          Details of the edge collector service
  -h, --help        Show this help message and exit.