Install the Agent Using the Web Interface

Applies to: Tableau Advanced Management

The Agent is a lightweight process that consumes minimal server resources and sends data to the Resource Monitoring Tool Server (RMT Server). Install the Resource Monitoring Tool Agent on each of your Tableau Server nodes. To install and register an Agent, download the Agent bootstrap configuration file and save it to a location that is accessible from the Resource Monitoring Tool Agent nodes.

Installation through web interface is currently only supported for Windows Installations. If you want to install on Linux, see Install the Agent Using Command Line.

Before you install

  • Download the bootstrap file. Bootstrap files are only valid for 24 hours after downloading.  You will need to regenerate the bootstrap file if the one you are using is older than 24 hours.

  • Agent registration will need to communicate both through a https endpoint and RabbitMQ to complete. Make sure both ports 443 and 5672 are open for these communications.

Steps to download the Agent bootstrap file

Use the following steps if you have not yet downloaded the bootstrap file from the RMT Server.

  1. Using the web interface (https://<hostname>) on the RMT Server, from the Admin menu, select Environments.

  2. The bootstrap file can be downloaded directly from the environment overview tab on the home page.

    Note: If you haven't created an environment as part of the RMT Server setup, follow steps 12- 15 described in the Install the RMT Server Using Web Interface topic.

  3. Save the bootstrap configuration file to a location that is accessible from the Tableau Server nodes where you will be installing Resource Monitoring Tool Agent.

Steps to install Agent

Installation through web interface is currently only supported for Windows Installations(Link opens in a new window). If you want to install on Linux, see Install the Agent Using Command Line.

Who can do this

To install Resource Monitoring Tool, you must have all the following:

  • Administrator permissions on the machine you are installing Resource Monitoring Tool.
  • Tableau Server Administrator site role.

Next Steps

Resource Monitoring Tool Server Configuration

 

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