Batch installer for JobScheduler Universal Agent

Requirements

• Users want to install and update the JobScheduler Universal Agent automatically for a number of target systems.
• A new installer for Agents >= 1.10 is required.

Prerequisites

• For a target system an SFTP server is required.
• SSH access to the target system is required.

Feature

• Provide a job chain for JobScheduler with job steps for
  • transfer of the Agent tarball to the target system by use of the JADE JITL job.
  • pre-processing: run any commands before the installation or update
  • installation or update:
  • check the prerequisites
    • check if a Java Runtime Environment starting from version 1.8 is available
    • for existing Agent installation
      • stop the Agent that is possibly running on the target system
      • remove the Agent installation directory
    • unzip the tarball
    • configure options for operation
    • for Windows: install and run the Windows service
    • for Unix: run the Unix daemon, disown the Agent process to make it continue after installation.
  • post-processing: run any commands after the installation or update
• The batch installer allows to specify all installation options as stated in the article JobScheduler Universal Agent - Installation & Operation
  • default installation options for all target systems
  • for individual target systems specific installation options can be overwritten
• The batch installer runs the job chain for each target system individually.
  • Individual orders are used per target system
  • The installation log is available from the order log.
• The batch installer can to be operated for any number of target systems:
  • target systems can be added to a list of hostnames. Individual orders for installation or update are created from this list.
  • individual orders for target systems can be created by users.
• A new article is added to the knowledge base. The existing article Batch installation and Update of Agents for earlier Agent releases is archived.

Implications

• The batch installer does not make use of the Agent setup available for Windows. Instead the installer makes use of the tarball that is available for Windows and Unix.
• For Unix: The batch installer runs exclusively commands that are available from /bin/sh.