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.