Cloud Agent Installation Steps

Perform the following steps to install Qualys Cloud Agent on your Solaris Assets: 

1. Copy the Qualys Cloud Agent installer onto the target host.
2. Install the Qualys Cloud Agent using the following commands for x86 or SPARC:
   
   for Solaris 10 or higher platforms:
   
   pkgadd -d QualysCloudAgent.pkg
/opt/qualys/cloud-agent/bin/qualys-cloud-agent.sh ActivationId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx CustomerId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
ServerUri=<qualys_pod_url>/CloudAgent
   
   Only for Solaris 10 platforms:
    
   • Create a no-cert-verify-admin file and add the following content to the newly created file:
     mail=
instance=unique
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=default
authentication=nocheck
      
   • Use the following command to install binary:
     /usr/sbin/pkgadd -n -a no-cert-verify-admin -d QualysCloudAgent.pkg QLYSlxag
/opt/qualys/cloud-agent/bin/qualys-cloud-agent.sh ActivationId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx CustomerId=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
ServerUri=<qualys_pod_url>/CloudAgent

    After the agent installation and activation is complete, Solaris 10 needs to bypass the certification verification while running this command. To resolve possible certification errors from Cloud Agent service, refer to the Certificate Support on Solaris.

What Happens Next?

We’ll start syncing asset data to the cloud!

Once installed, an agent connects to the Qualys Cloud Platform and provisions itself. We would expect you to see your first asset discovery results within a few minutes. The first assessment scan in the cloud takes some time, after that scans complete as soon as new host metadata is uploaded to the cloud platform.