Deploy Enterprise Agent

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Objective

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Download the Enterprise Agent Software and import it into a Virtualization Environment.

For this lab, I’m installing the enterprise agent on VirtualBox, running on my Intel NUC

Login to the ThousandEyes Dashboard

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Access https://app.thousandeyes.com and login

Add New Enterprise Agent

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In the left menu, navigate to Cloud & Enterprise Agents > Agent Settings

Click on the Enterprise Agents tab and click Add New Enterprise Agent from the menu

Download The Virtual Appliance Software

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Copy the Account Group Token and put it somewhere safe.

Choose the Download - OVA button. Confirm the default download location in the Downloads folder by clicking Save

Open Oracle VM VirtualBox

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Install the OVA

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Click the Import button. Click the yellow folder icon on the right, navigate to the Downloads folder, and choose the downloaded OVA file. Click Open.

Change Appliance Settings

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In the Appliance settings section, edit the CPU field and change it to 2. At the bottom, under MAC Address Policy, click Generate new MAC addresses for all network adapters.

Click Import

Click the Start button to turn on the imported virtual machine.

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Click into the virtual machine console. VirtualBox displays notifications about the configured host key, which allows you to leave the console windows. The host key in this lab environment is configured as Alt. Choose Do not show this message again and click the Capture button.

Set Agent Hostname

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From the menu, press N

Set EA-LAB as the hostname and press Enter.

Configure IP addressing and DNS

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For simplicity, keep DHCP for the IPv4 settings.

Add Account Group Token to Agent settings

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Enter the IPv4 Address assigned to your Agent into a web browser.

Bypass the certificate warning to enter the configuration GUI.

Click on the Agent tab and paste the Account Group Token saved earlier.

Give the Agent some time to save the configuration.

Click on the Review tab to see the status of the Agent.