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Docker Obkio Agent Installation Guide

What you are going to learn:

How to install the Obkio Monitoring Agent on Docker

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How to use this Docker image?

Obkio maintains the public image obkio/agent image at DockerHub. This image contains an installer with auto-update that will keep the software up-to-date. The software will be automatically installed in /opt/obkio on every execution. Usually there is no need for a custom Dockerfile to use this image.

$ docker run -d --privileged \
             -e AGENT_ID=<id> \
             -e AGENT_SECRET_KEY=<secret_key> \
             obkio/agent

Incoming Connections

To accept incoming connections, you must expose the ports 23999/TCP and 23999/UDP.

Permanent Storage

The software is stored inside /opt/obkio. By configuring permanent storage, the start-up time will be faster if the latest software release is already installed. Also, the AGENT_SECRET_KEY environment variable is not required when using permanent storage.

Environment Variables

AGENT_ID: This variable is the Agent ID. required
AGENT_SECRET_KEY: This variable is required only if /opt/obkio is not on permanent storage. The key can be generated only once per agent. When ready, visit https://agent-api.obkio.com/agent/install/<AGENT_ID>/key/.

Firewall Settings

As for all other agent types, some firewall configurations might be required if outbound connections are filtered. Refer to the article Firewall Configurations for more details.