sysmon/client/doc/readme-redhat.md

Instruction for RedHat / CentOS / AlmaLinux Systems

Please note that the software versions referenced in this document might have changed and might not be available/working unless updated.

More details are available in the README.md file.

Requirements

Java 8 (or later) runtime is required.

sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk-headless

Use yum if dnf is not available.

Installation

Download the latest client and plugins rpm files and install:

wget https://bitbucket.org/mnellemann/sysmon/downloads/sysmon-client-1.0.16-1.noarch.rpm
wget https://bitbucket.org/mnellemann/sysmon/downloads/sysmon-plugins-1.0.16-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh sysmon-client-*.noarch.rpm sysmon-plugins-*.noarch.rpm
cp /opt/sysmon/client/doc/sysmon-client.service /etc/systemd/system/
systemctl daemon-reload

Now edit the /etc/systemd/system/sysmon-client.service file and change the URL so that it points to your sysmon-server.

# Modify below line in /etc/systemd/system/sysmon-client.service
ExecStart=/opt/sysmon/client/bin/client -s http://10.20.30.40:9925/metrics

Now enable and start the sysmon-client service:

systemctl enable sysmon-client
systemctl start sysmon-client

Check logs for errors with: journalctl -u sysmon-client