- local - A local installation includes everything necessary to monitor a single system. For local installations an agent is not necessary. Most of the documentation for the server installation is also applicable to the local install.
- server - A server installation is useful for monitoring multiple systems. It helps centralize configuration and analysis. Agents pass log messages and syscheck information to the server for analysis. OSPatrol servers are often referred to as managers to help avoid confusion. Servers should always have agents associated with them. A server install requires a unix-like system, various Linux distributions being the best tested.
- agent - An agent is a client system being monitored by an OSPatrol manager. The OSPatrol agent processes will forward information to the manager for analysis. Agents can be unix-like systems or Windows systems.
- agentless - This isn't really a type os OSPatrol installation, but an option for monitoring embedded systems, or other systems a full OSPatrol installation doesn't make sense.
- hybrid - A hybrid installation is both a server and an agent. This allows for a tiered architecture of agents pushing to servers which forward alerts on to other servers for consolidation.
- This depends on what your requirements are.
- Is this a standalone system? local
- Do you want to monitor a large number of systems from a central location? Install a central server and perform agent installations on the clients.
- Windows system? agent
If you are installing OSPatrol on only one system you should use the local installation. You will not need to add an agent or perform any other installations.
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installation/install_server
installation/install_agent_linux
installation/install_agent_windows
installation/install_local
installation/binary_install
installation/oneway_install