Agent Installation Options

In the agent installation wizard panels, specify the options according to the information in the following table. Where Windows and UNIX/Linux options differ, operating system-specific information is included.

Option	Description
Install Deployment Automation Agent to	Specify the location into which the agent will be installed. For example: Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Deployment Automation Agent UNIX/Linux: /opt/Micro \ Focus/Deployment Automation Agent
Agent Name	Specify the name of the agent. The agent name should be unique.
Server Agent Communication to use Mutual Authentication with SSL	Select this if mutual authentication will be used with the server. For more information, see Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Configuration.
Will the agent connect to an agent relay instead of directly to the server?	Select `Yes` to use an agent relay. Default: `No`
Hostname or address	If an agent relay is being used, specify the hostname of the agent relay. Default: `localhost`
Agent Relay Communication Port	If an agent relay is being used, specify the port number that will be used for JMS communication with the agent relay. Default: `7916`
HTTP Proxy Port	If an agent relay is being used, specify the proxy port number of the agent relay for HTTP communication. Default: `20080`
Hostname or address	If not using an agent relay, specify the hostname of the Deployment Automation server.
Agent Communication Port	If not using an agent relay, specify the port number that will be used for JMS communication with the Deployment Automation server. Default: `7918`
Do you want to install the Agent as Windows service?	For Windows installations, select `Yes` to create a Windows service for the agent.
Unique service name for the Agent	If installing as a Windows service, specify the name to use for the service. Default: `DA-Agent`
Start the Agent service automatically	If installing as a Windows service, select this to configure the Windows service to start automatically. Note: The agent must be manually started by default, so you must select this if you want it to start automatically.
User account name for the service	If installing as a Windows service, specify the log on user account name for the service. Default: `./localsystem`
User account password for the service	If installing as a Windows service, specify the log on user account password for the Windows service. This is not required if you are using the local system account.
Install JRE	Select this to install a new JRE with the agent. Note: If you are installing an HPUX agent, this option is not available. You must download and install the HPUX JRE yourself before installing the agent.
Use Existing JRE	Select this to use an existing JRE with the agent.
Please specify the JAVA_HOME for the JRE	If using an existing JRE, specify the location of a pre-existing JRE for the agent to use. For example, on Windows: C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\common\jre\8.0 On UNIX/Linux: /opt/MicroFocus/common/jre On Solaris you must specify an existing JRE.