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A patch as been released for the OMS Agent for Linux. Version 1.4.2-124 introduces no new features, but fixes a bug relating to the onboarding of the diagnostic agent. Fixes Diagnostic agent onboarding   Install OMS Agent for Linux – v1.4.2-124 For x86 Architecture (32-bit) systems: cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent_GA_v1.4.2-124/omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x86.sh sha256sum ./omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x86.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x86.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> For x64 Architecture (64-bit) Systems cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent_GA_v1.4.2-124/omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x64.sh sha256sum ./omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x64.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.4.2-124.universal.x64.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> Where WORKSPACE_ID Is the ID for your OMS workspace, and the SECRET_KEY is the relevant key for your OMS workspace. To determine your OMS workspace ID and primary key: Sign into your OMS Workspace From the Overview page, click on Settings … Read More

Version 1.4.1-123 of the OMS agent for Linux is now generally available. This update introduces a couple of new features and bug fixes. New Features Set default process limit for the omsagent user upon installing OMSAgent Mask sensitive certificate and key information in verbose onboarding logging Bug Fixes Disallow generation of multiple OMSConsistencyInvoker processes Eliminate python processes from DSC Remove unneeded commands configured for root permissions Decrease frequency of DSC consistency invoker runs to decrease churn SOURCE: Github Install OMS Agent for Linux-v1.4.1-123 For x86 Architecture (32-bit) systems: cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent_GA_v1.4.1-123/omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x86.sh sha256sum ./omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x86.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x86.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> For x64 Architecure (64-bit) systems: cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent_GA_v1.4.1-123/omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x64.sh sha256sum ./omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x64.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.4.1-123.universal.x64.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s … Read More

Version 1.4.1-45 of the OMS agent for Linux was released a couple of days ago, and is now generally available. This update introduced a couple of new features and some bug fixes. New Features Update OMI version to 1.3.0-2, update SCX version to 1.6.3-326 Update Docker provider to 1.0.0-27 (Kubernetes event monitoring and hierarchy inventory) More accurate functionality to determine if SCOM port is open with omiconfigeditor Fixes Ensure operational events are compatible with multi-homing folder structure Allow all valid OMS workspace processes to restart after –remove and –upgrade Re-onboard smoothly if omsadmin.conf has gone into a blank state SOURCE: Github Install OMS Agent for Linux-v1.4.1-45 For x86 Architecture (32-bit) systems: cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent_GA_v1.4.1-45/omsagent-1.4.1-45.universal.x86.sh sha256sum ./omsagent-1.4.1-45.universal.x86.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.4.1-45.universal.x86.sh … Read More

Version 1.4.0-12 of the OMS Agent for Linux is now generally available. This update introduces a couple of new features and bug fixes. New Features Added support for journald log-driver for docker provider (10.0.0-25) Added support for Docker Swarm Mode monitoring for docker provider (10.0.0-25) Security Detection feature (Private Preview) is added to OMS Security and Audit Solution Add –enable-opsmgr flag in omsagent bundle to open port 1270 for SCOM Add option to enable SCOM server authentication Install curl if it is not found on the host Fixes Fix for security syslog format to support single digit dates Zombie process fix for shell processes started by FluentD in_exec plugin Security fixes: Removing world-writable permissions from files and folders Change default … Read More

I recently was working on some OMS Linux agent testing and sought to test with the 16.04.2 flavor of Ubuntu for the first time. Upon downloading the relevant bundle for my computer as described in my previous article, an attempt to upgrade (–upgrade) the package in the system failed with the dreaded “Errors were encountered while processing” errors, and I saw this across the board on all of the Ubuntu 16.04.2 computers. Looks like a missing dependency is the culprit. So here’s what I did to address this and onboard this Ubuntu distro to my OMS workspace: I uninstalled the package and removed all related data, using the –purge bundle operation: sudo sh ./omsagent-1.3.4-127.universal.x64.sh –purge and then proceeded to address … Read More

Version 1.3.5-127 of the OMS Agent for Linux is now generally available. This update introduces a bug fix but no new features. Bug Fix Python ctypes module detection fix to be able to run omsagent installer on SELinux policy enabled systems.   SOURCE: Github Install OMS Agent for Linux – v1.3.3-15 For x86 Architecture (32-bit) systems: cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent-201705-v1.3.5-127/omsagent-1.3.5-127.universal.x86.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.3.5-127.universal.x86.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> For x64 Architecture (64-bit) Systems cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent-201705-v1.3.5-127/omsagent-1.3.5-127.universal.x64.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.3.5-127.universal.x64.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> Where WORKSPACE_ID Is the ID for your OMS workspace, and the SECRET_KEY is the relevant key for your OMS workspace. To determine your OMS workspace ID and primary key: Sign into your OMS Workspace From the Overview … Read More

The latest release of the OMS Agent for Linux is now available. This version introduces a few bug fixes but no new features. Fixes Persist conf and certs for OMSAgentForLinux VM extension upgrade scenarios. Persist agentID in upgrade to same workspace scenarios. Improve error codes in omsagent bundle installer. omsagent directory clean up when omsagent bundle is used with –remove option. Source: Github   Install OMS Agent for Linux – v1.3.4-15 For x86 Architecture (32-bit) Systems cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent-201704-v1.3.4-15/omsagent-1.3.4-15.universal.x86.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.3.4-15.universal.x86.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> For x64 Architecture (64-bit) Systems cd ~ wget https://github.com/Microsoft/OMS-Agent-for-Linux/releases/download/OMSAgent-201704-v1.3.4-15/omsagent-1.3.4-15.universal.x64.sh sudo bash omsagent-1.3.4-15.universal.x64.sh –upgrade -w <WORKSPACE_ID> -s <SECRET_KEY> To determine your OMS workspace ID and primary key: Sign into your OMS Workspace From … Read More