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Installing Actian Monitor on Linux
To install Actian Monitor on Linux
1. Download the tar file from http://esd.actian.com.
2. Extract the contents of the uncompressed Actian Monitor image. For example:
tar xvf actian_AM.tar
3. Run the install command for Linux with necessary options:
sh install.sh [-t install_directory]
Set options:
 
Install Options
Description
-t, --install-target
Installation directory (default: current directory)
-i, --instance-id
DBMS instance ID
-H, --hostname
DBMS leader hostname or IP address. The hostname should be either the DBMS DNS machine name or the IP address.
Note:  Do not use localhost as the hostname.
-u, --ssh-user
The DBMS SSH username (usually ingres or actian) that can log in using SSH to all nodes. In a multi-node installation, all nodes must support identical user credentials.
-p, --ssh-password
SSH password (leave blank or set to 'none' for SSH key authentication)
-P, --ssh-port
SSH port (default: 22)
-e, --instance-setenv
Command to initialize Ingres/Vector environment in SSH shell.
For example, a Linux database instance ‘V1’ and user ‘ingres’ would be ‘source /home/ingres/.ingv1sh’. If the target DBMS is Windows, enter a Windows equivalent command.
Note:  If you leave this field blank, the installer computes the value after verifying SSH access. This might not work for custom installs.
-j, --jdbc-user
The JDBC username to be used for all JDBC connections. The user requires access to and must have TRACE and IMA_SEC_READ privileges on the IMADB database.
-J, --jdbc-password
JDBC password
-n, --nodes
Additional nodes for multi-node setup. This list is only used for obtaining SSH key fingerprints and can be left blank if the keys will be provided manually. Do not include the leader node in this list.
Note:  To clear out an existing node list, set to ‘none’.
-k, --ssh-server-keys
SSH server key fingerprints (comma-separated). Leave blank or set to ‘auto’ to automatically discover using ssh-keyscan.
Note:  You need SSH key fingerprints for all nodes in a multi-node installation.
-s --ssh_key_paths
List of SSH private key files for key-based authentication (password must be empty)
--container-engine
Select engine used by the installer:
docker
podman
auto (default)
--dry-run
Validate inputs and show planned actions without installing
--unattended
No prompts, exit on error
-h, --help
Show help message
Example
./install.sh \
--hostname db.example.com \
--ssh-user admin \
--ssh-password secret \
--jdbc-user monitor \
--jdbc-password dbpass \
--dry-run
Command line options are not required. The installer will prompt for all required fields before installing Actian Monitor.
Last modified date: 01/29/2026