Quick Install Linux Agents

  1. From the Devices / All devices dashboard click Add.


  2. Scroll down to the Registration token section and click GENERATE.


  3. Set up token lifetime if necessary, click GENERATE TOKEN.



  4. Click COPY.


  5. Upload the agent to your servers using an FTP program such as FileZilla or WinSCP.

  6. SSH to your server and change to the directory you uploaded the agent to.

  7. Set the permission on the agent file: 
    chmod 755 ALTERNcloudBackup_AgentForLinux_x86_64.bin

     

  8. Execute the installer using the command below replacing %generated token% with the token you generated earlier: 
    sudo ./ALTERNcloudBackup_AgentForLinux_x86_64.bin --token=%generated token%

     

  9. Choose Agent for Linux and select Next.
    If installation reports that “The Cloud Backup Agent setup has detected that some required packages are not installed” click continue and the agent will attempt to install the required packages.

  10. Your server will now be registered within your Cloud Backup portal and you can proceed with creating a backup plan.