Navigation
Log in to your Cloudaware account.
Select Admin under your username in the upper right corner.
Locate Breeze in the list of DevOps Integrations. Click 1 Configured.
Manual Installation
Check the Navigation section to get the Breeze agent installer file.
Linux
1. Download the agent installer (select Linux Agent version) to the temporary directory.
2. Unpack the archive:
tar xvzf breeze-agent*.tgz
3. Enter the unpacked directory:
cd breeze-agent
4. Run the installation script:
as root-user:
./install.sh
or using sudo:
sudo ./install.sh
Linux Installation Verification:
1) Check the cronjob:
cat /etc/cron.d/breeze-agent
2) Run the agent manually as root-user or using sudo:
cd /opt/breeze-agent/app.sh
3) Check the log file var/log/breeze-agent.log. It should be used only by the cronjob. When the agent is run manually, the log data will be printed to STDOUT.
Windows
1. Download the agent installer (select Windows Agent version)
2. Run the installer executable file:
(breeze-agent*.exe)
Breeze agent will be automatically installed on the system.
Windows Installation Verification:
1) Open the Task Scheduler (Start → Control Panel → Administrative tools → Task Scheduler).
2) Ensure that the scheduled task Breeze Agent has been created.
3) Run the job manually. Check the log file C:\Program Files\Breeze\agent.log.
Automated Installation
Check the Navigation section to get the Breeze agent installer file.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
You can install Breeze agent on AWS Elastic Beanstalk using .ebextension configuration files. In this example, we will use EB CLI to deploy a new configuration.
1. Upload the Breeze agent installer file to where it is available for your Elastic Beanstalk environment. We recommend using any S3 bucket with restricted access or the one created by Elastic Beanstalk (used in the example below).
2. Create a configuration file in the .ebextension directory that is located in your project directory.
Windows-based environment:
files:
"C:\\breeze-agent.exe":
source: https://elasticbeanstalk-us-east-1-123456789098.s3.amazonaws.com/breeze-agent.exe
authentication: S3Auth
commands:
install_breeze:
command: IF NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files\Breeze\app.bat" (C:\breeze-agent.exe)
Resources:
AWSEBAutoScalingGroup:
Metadata:
AWS::CloudFormation::Authentication:
S3Auth:
type: "s3"
buckets: ["elasticbeanstalk-us-east-1-123456789098"]
roleName:
"Fn::GetOptionSetting":
Namespace: "aws:autoscaling:launchconfiguration"
OptionName: "IamInstanceProfile"
DefaultValue: "aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role"
Linux-based environment:
files:
"/tmp/breeze-agent.tgz":
source: https://elasticbeanstalk-us-east-1-123456789098.s3.amazonaws.com/breeze-agent.tgz
authentication: S3Auth
commands:
"install breeze agent":
test: test ! -d /opt/breeze-agent
command: tar -xf /tmp/breeze-agent.tgz -C /tmp && /tmp/breeze-agent/install.sh
Resources:
AWSEBAutoScalingGroup:
Metadata:
AWS::CloudFormation::Authentication:
S3Auth:
type: "s3"
buckets: ["elasticbeanstalk-us-east-1-123456789098"]
roleName:
"Fn::GetOptionSetting":
Namespace: "aws:autoscaling:launchconfiguration"
OptionName: "IamInstanceProfile"
DefaultValue: "aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role"
This configuration file contains 3 sections: Files, Commands and Resources (AWS).
The Files section delivers the Breeze agent installer to the instance from S3 bucket.
The Commands section installs the Breeze agent.
The Resources section creates an authentication role that grants access to the bucket with Breeze agent installers to the Elastic Beanstalk.
For more configuration options check AWS documentation.
3. Deploy the application with new .ebextension config.
eb deploy
AWS EC2 User Data Script
You can install Breeze agent on AWS EC2 instances using 'EC2 instance user data' during the initial launch of an instance. The script involves the following steps:
1. Download the agent installer
2. Unpack the installer (for Linux OSs)
3. Run the installer
Since the installer file is customer-related and may contain vulnerable data, it may be challenging to define a secure location where it will be placed and accessible for EC2 instance. Upload the installer file into the location where it will be publicly available for short duration. In our use case, we will generate a presigned AWS S3 object URL for the S3 bucket storing the installer file.
Upload the Breeze installer file(s) to AWS S3 Bucket
1. Download Breeze agent installers from Cloudaware CMDB.
2. Upload them to the S3 Bucket.
Generate a presigned object URL for each installer
AWS CLI tool and preconfigured profile in your AWS account are required. Use this command to generate a presigned object URL:
~$ aws s3 presign s3://breeze-agents/breeze-agent.linux.tgz
Sample output:
Default lifetime for this URL is 1 hour (or 3600 seconds). You can manually define the URL lifetime by adding --expires-in <time in seconds>:
~$ aws s3 presign s3://breeze-agents/breeze-agent.linux.tgz --expires-in 300
Prepare the user data script and launch the instance
Once agent installers are ready, add the script to EC2 instance user data to install Breeze agent.
Replace the presigned URL in the script samples below by the one you generated and insert it into the User data section when launching the instance.
Linux:
#!/bin/bash URL='<presigned URL to agent installer in your S3 bucket>' # download agent installer curl $URL -o /tmp/breeze-agent.tgz # unpack agent installer sudo tar -xf /tmp/breeze-agent.tgz -C /tmp # install agent sudo /tmp/breeze-agent/install.sh
Windows:
<powershell>
function New-TemporaryDirectory {
$parent = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
[string]$name = [System.Guid]::NewGuid()
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $parent $name)
}
$url = "<presigned URL to agent installer in your S3 bucket>"
$tmp_dir = New-TemporaryDirectory
$agent_sfx = "$tmp_dir\breeze-agent.exe"
# download agent installer
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $agent_sfx)
# install agent
Start-Process $agent_sfx -ArgumentList '-gm2' -NoNewWindow -Wait
# clean up
Remove-Item "$tmp_dir" -recurse
</powershell>
Windows must have PowerShell preinstalled. This script will work for all Windows Server versions starting 2012 R2 and newer.
AWS Systems Manager Distributor
You can install Breeze agent on AWS EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager Distributor.
Description
Create a package with Breeze agent. The distributor will publish this package to System Manager managed instances. Then the agent can be installed or uninstalled:
one time by using AWS Systems Manager Run Command
on a schedule by using AWS Systems Manager State Manager
Prerequisites
The distributor package consists of a manifest and two .zip archive files for Windows and Linux platforms. Each archive contains install and uninstall scripts, as well as Breeze agent distro respectively to the platform. The manifest template and scripts can be obtained from Github repository.
In the file manifest.json find the field "version" and change its value to a meaningful one. This is also the value of Version name that should be specified when the package is added to the Distributor (it becomes part of the AWS Systems Manager document). A version value can contain letters, numbers, underscores, hyphens, and periods, and be from 3 to 128 characters in length. It is recommended to use a human-readable value.
Preparing package files
A Linux archive named breeze-agent-linux.zip should contain the following files: install.sh, uninstall.sh and agent.XXX.YY.Z.x86_64.linux.tgz (the Linux Breeze agent distro as it was downloaded from Cloudaware CMDB).
A Windows archive named breeze-agent-windows.zip should contain the following files: install.ps1, uninstall.ps1 and agent.XXX.YY.Z.windows.signed.exe (the Windows Breeze agent distro as it was downloaded from Cloudaware CMDB).
Ensure that the script files have correct lines breaks, namely LF (\n == 0x0A) on Linux and CRLF (\r\n == 0x0D 0x0A) on Windows.
A sha256 checksum should be specified for each archive file mentioned in the manifest. In order to calculate it, use the following commands:
Linux:
shasum -a 256 file-name.zip
or
openssl dgst -sha256 file-name.zip
Windows (use PowerShell):
Get-FileHash -Path file-name.zip
In the manifest.json find the section files and replace ARCHIVE_CHECKSUM placeholders with the calculated checksums.
Distributor package
Create an Advanced package in AWS Systems Manager as described in AWS documentation.
SCCM
To install Breeze agent via SCCM, we recommend using PowerShell script that will download the agent installer to a target machine and install it.
Download the Breeze agent installer to any location where it can be downloaded by the target machine. In our example, we will use a shared folder with permission for account that set as Client Push Installation account for SCCM Site.
1. Create a new script in Software Library using the sample below.
2. Change the $url variable to your Breeze agent installer location.
3. Make sure that target systems have access to the installer's location.
4. Run the script on system or group to install Breeze agent.
Script sample:
function New-TemporaryDirectory {
$parent = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
[string]$name = [System.Guid]::NewGuid()
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $parent $name)
}
$url = "\\10.0.0.69\d\breeze-agent.exe"
$tmp_dir = New-TemporaryDirectory
$agent_sfx = "$tmp_dir\breeze-agent.exe"
# download agent installer
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $agent_sfx)
# install agent
Start-Process $agent_sfx -ArgumentList '-gm2' -NoNewWindow -Wait
# clean up
Remove-Item "$tmp_dir" -recurse
Chef
1. Clone the public-utilities repo to your server:
git clone https://github.com/cloudaware/public-utilities.git
2. Put your Breeze agent installer files to the public-utilities/chef-modules/breeze-agent/files directory. Ensure the files are named breeze-agent-linux.tgz and breeze-agent-windows.exe.
3. Copy Breeze agent cookbook to your cookbook directory and upload it to the server:
cp -r public-utilities/chef-modules/breeze-agent ~/cookbooks/ knife cookbook upload breeze-agent
4. Create the breeze-agent role:
export EDITOR=vim #any other editor can be selected, like nano for instance knife role create breeze-agent
Replace everything with the following in the editor, and save:
{
"name": "breeze-agent",
"description": "",
"json_class": "Chef::Role",
"default_attributes": {},
"override_attributes": {},
"chef_type": "role",
"run_list": [ "recipe[breeze-agent]" ],
"env_run_lists": {}
}
5. Add the role to the nodes in question or to all nodes using your web interface or the following command:
knife node run_list add $NODE_NAME 'role[breeze-agent]' #Where $NODE_NAME is the name of the actual node
To add the role to all nodes, run:
for node in `knife node list`;do knife node run_list add $node 'role[breeze-agent]';done;
Please allow some time for the next chef-client to apply changes on the nodes.
Puppet
1. Put the Puppet module folder to the /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/.
2. Put Breeze agent installer files to the /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/breeze_agent/files directory.
3. Attach breeze_agent class to the necessary group in the Puppet Dashboard.
4. Add the required variables breeze_package_linux and breeze_package_windows.
Ansible
1. Put Breeze agent installer files to the files directory.
2. Specify the installer file name and hosts in breeze_agent_linux.yml and breeze_agent_windows.yml
- hosts: linux
vars:
linux_agent: linux-breeze-agent.tgz
Installation on VM managed by vCenter
Check Navigation to get the agent installer file.
Since VM ID cannot be used as a unique identifier across multiple vCenter Servers, you should perform additional configuration when installing Breeze on vCenter VMs.
Once the agent is installed:
1. Create a file etc/tags in the Breeze agent's directory:
Linux: /opt/breeze-agent/etc/tags
Windows: C:\Program Files\Breeze\etc\tags
2. Add the following key-value pair lines:
vmware.vmid=vm-123456 vmware.service.uuid=1111-22-33-44-555555
WHERE
vmware.vmid - moRef ID (vm-123456 is a placeholder)
vmware.service.uuid - instanceUuid from the API call described here (1111-22-33-44-555555 is a placeholder)
Proxy support
To add the proxy support to Breeze agent, edit the startup script:
Linux:
Open the file /opt/breeze-agent/app.sh
Add the next line before the string ruby ./app.rb:
export http_proxy="http://1.2.3.4:3128" ./app.rb # this line already exist in file
Windows:
Open the file C:\Program Files\Breeze\app.bat
Add the next line before the string ruby:
app.rb >> agent.log 2>&1: set http_proxy=http://1.2.3.4:3128