Installs the Scout Agent gem and schedules it to run the Scout-recommended way (via Cron).
Debian or Ubuntu preferred. Tested on Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS, should work on others.
The Scout Agent requires a valid Scout account. You also need a unique server key which is displayed in your Scout accounts ‘server settings’ tab.
It looks like:
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‘[:scout_agent]` - Used to validate your agent when it checks into the Scout server.
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‘[:scout_agent]` - User to run Scout agent under. Will be created if it does not exist. Default is ’scout’.
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scout_agent - User group to run Scout agent under. Will be created if it does not exist. Default is ‘scout’.
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‘[:scout_agent]` - Gem version to install. Default is 5.5.6.
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‘[:scout_agent]` - The full path that the scout gem binary is accessible from
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‘[:scout_agent]` - If you use self-signed custom plugins, set this attribute to the public key value and it’ll be installed on the server
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‘[:scout_agent]` - Set the ’pretty’ name for this system to report as instead of the hostname
Include the scout_monitor recipe to install Scout Agent and configure a Cron job to run it. Be sure to set the ‘[:scout_agent]` attribute on every node where you want the agent to run.
Additions, Modifications, & Updates:
- Author
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Drew Blas (<drew.blas@gmail.com>)
- Copyright
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2012, Drew Blas
github.com/drewblas/chef-scout_agent
Originally:
- Author
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Seth Chisamore (<schisamo@gmail.com>)
- Copyright
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2010, Seth Chisamore
github.com/schisamo/chef_cookbooks
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