Good to Know Typically the agent installation requires root level access on the system (for example in order to access the RPM database). After the cloud agent has been installed it can be configured to run in a specific user and group context (using the agent configuration tool).
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Privileges- what are my options |
Use account with root privileges (recommended) Learn more |
Use non-root account with Sudo root delegation How do I configure "sudoers" file? |
Use non-root account with sufficient privileges This is an option for VM agent only. What privileges are needed? |
Linux/BSD/Unix Agent - How to enable proxy |
Good to Know By default the Linux/BSD/Unix Agent will operate in non-proxy mode. The agent can be configured to use an HTTPS or HTTP proxy for internet access. |
Options The agent can be configured in one of these ways: 1) /etc/sysconfig/qualys-cloud-agent - applicable for Cloud Agent on Linux (.rpm) 2) /etc/default/qualys-cloud-agent - applicable for Cloud Agent on Linux (.deb) 3) /etc/environment - applicable for Cloud Agent on Linux (.rpm), Linux (.deb). 4) /usr/local/etc/qualys-cloud-agent - applicable for Cloud Agent on BSD (.txz) Tip - Option 3) is a better choice for Linux/Unix if the systemwide proxy will be used by the agent. |
MacOS Agent - How to enable proxy |
Good to Know Qualys proxy configured in the .../QualysCloudAgent/Config/proxy file will take preference over any proxies set in System Preferences (including Automatic Proxy, Web Proxy (HTTP), or Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)). |
Our tool for Linux, BSD, Unix, MacOS gives you many options: provision agents, configure logging, enable sudo to run all data collection commands, and configure the daemon to run as a specific user and/or group.. This tool is available with Linux Agent 1.3 and later, BSD Agent, Unix Agent, MacOS Agent.
You'll find this tool at /usr/local/qualys/cloud-agent/qualys-cloud-agent.sh
On Unix, the tool is located at /opt/qualys/cloud-agent/bin/qualys-cloud-agent.sh
Cloud Agent for Linux Installation Guide
Cloud Agent for BSD Installation Guide
Cloud Agent for Unix Installation Guide