Cloud Agent Installation Steps

Perform the following steps to install the Cloud Agent on a host asset.

1. Copy the Qualys Cloud Agent installer onto the target host.
2. Install the Qualys Cloud Agent using the following commands:
   
   BSD (.txz)
            > sudo pkg install -U qualys-cloud-agent.x86_64.txz
     > sudo /usr/local/qualys/cloud-agent/bin/qualys-cloud-agent.sh
     ActivationId="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
     CustomerId="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
     HostIdSearchDir="/mydir/"
     ServerUri=<qualys_pod_url>/CloudAgent

Dependencies for BSD agent are pkg and Bash.

Installation Command for Latest BSD Cloud Agents

For Cloud Agent version 7.1  and higher, we have updated the Cloud Agent installer to .PKG. Use the following command to install these latest Cloud Agents.

sudo pkg install QualysCloudAgent.pkg
sudo /usr/local/qualys/cloud-agent/bin/qualys-cloud-agent.sh ActivationId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx CustomerId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx ServerUri=<qualys_platform_url>/CloudAgent/