{"id":2377,"date":"2020-11-02T21:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekozel.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2020-11-28T05:47:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T10:47:06","slug":"install-the-azure-linux-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekozel.com\/2020\/11\/02\/install-the-azure-linux-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Install the Azure Linux Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Perhaps as easy as? &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>apt install waagent<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>service walinuxagent restart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-NOT THE FOLLOWING?!&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the Azure Linux Agent release here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\/releases\">https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\/releases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy the URL to the tar.gz file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go the the directory you want to download the file and enter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>wget https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\/archive<\/code>\/XXXXX.tar.gz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expand the file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>tar -xvf XXXXXXXX.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install the new python downloaded version<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo python setup.py install --register-service<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Restart the waagent service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>sudo service waagent restart<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verify the version details<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>waagent -version<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you get an error saying setup tools is missing run the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To install&nbsp;<code>setuptools<\/code>&nbsp;on Debian:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>For an older version of Python (Python 2.x):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install python-setuptools\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\">https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudskillsup.com\/upgrade-microsoft-azure-linux-python-agent-in-private-network-node\/\">https:\/\/cloudskillsup.com\/upgrade-microsoft-azure-linux-python-agent-in-private-network-node\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps as easy as? &#8211; &#8212;&#8212;-NOT THE FOLLOWING?!&#8212;&#8211; Choose the Azure Linux Agent release here: https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\/releases Copy the URL to the tar.gz file Go the the directory you want to download the file and enter wget https:\/\/github.com\/Azure\/WALinuxAgent\/archive\/XXXXX.tar.gz Expand the file tar -xvf XXXXXXXX.tar.gz Install the new python downloaded version sudo python setup.py install &#8211;register-service Restart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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