Saner Agent Package Creation and Installation on Linux Systems

Modified on Tue, 30 Sep at 9:57 AM

This article provides step-by-step instructions for creating and installing the Saner Agent package across different Linux distributions, including DPKG-based, RPM-based, Alpine, and AIX systems.

1. DPKG Systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)

Pre-requisites

Before package creation, ensure that the dpkg-deb package is installed:


sudo dpkg-query -l | grep deb

If not installed, run:


sudo apt install dpkg

Steps

Download and unzip the installer


unzip Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.zip

Navigate to the extracted directory


cd Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>

Make the binary executable
Ensure the account has sudo privileges.
```
sudo chmod +x Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin
```

Create the Saner Agent package


sudo ./Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin --config spsaneractivation.conf --pkgfilepath <absolute path>

Navigate to package location
```
cd <absolute path>
```
Install the package
```
sudo dpkg -i SpSaner-minimal-<arch>.deb
```

2. RPM Systems (RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux)

Note: RPM package creation is supported on both DPKG and RPM systems.

Pre-requisites

Check if the rpm package is installed:


sudo rpm -qa | grep rpm

On DPKG systems:
```
sudo apt install rpm
```
On RPM systems:
```
sudo yum install rpm-build
```

Steps

Download and unzip the installer


unzip Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.zip

Navigate to the extracted directory


cd Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>

Make the binary executable


sudo chmod +x Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin

Create the Saner Agent package


sudo ./Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin --config spsaneractivation.conf --pkgfilepath <absolute path>

Navigate to package location
```
cd <absolute path>
```

Install the package


sudo rpm -ivh SpSaner-minimal-<arch>.rpm

3. Alpine Systems

Download and unzip the installer


unzip Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.zip

Navigate to the extracted directory


cd Saner_<Account Name>_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>

Make the binary executable


sudo chmod +x Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin

Create the Saner Agent package


sudo ./Saner_<linux_flavour>_<arch>_<version>.bin --config spsaneractivation.conf --pkgfilepath <absolute path>

Navigate to package location
```
cd <absolute path>
```

Install the package


sudo apk add SpSaner-minimal-<arch>.apk --allow-untrusted

4. AIX Systems

Download and unzip the installer


unzip Saner_<Account Name>_AIX_x64_<version>.zip

Navigate to the extracted directory


cd Saner_<Account Name>_AIX_x64_<version>

Make the binary executable


sudo chmod +x Saner_AIX_x64_<version>.bin

Create the Saner Agent package


sudo ./Saner_AIX_x64_<version>.bin --config spsaneractivation.conf

Summary

DPKG Systems: Use .deb package with dpkg -i.
RPM Systems: Use .rpm package with rpm -ivh.
Alpine Systems: Use .apk package with apk add.
AIX Systems: Use .bin file to create the package.

Ensure the installation account has sudo privileges in all cases.