Installing Collector for IGEL
The IGEL collector targets specific use cases. Refer to the IGEL thin client diagnostics library pack for more details.
Use the Unified Management Suite (UMS) to distribute and install Collector on all your thin clients. Nexthink provides basic installation instructions and some steps might differ depending on your UMS implementation. Please make sure to refer to your IGEL expert for guidance.
The procedure below assumes that you uploaded the installation files to the UMS server. You can find the sources on our downloads website.
In the UMS, click on Profiles and then New Profile.
When prompted, fill in the Profile Name and Description fields.
Create a custom partition. Contact your Nexthink representative to provide you the following parameters:
Name:
KEY
Value: paste the customer key you received for your Nexthink instanceName:
HOSTNAME
Value: the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your Nexthink instanceName:
PORT
Value:443
Name:
ROOT_CA
Value: leave blankName:
ASSIGNMENT
Value:TRUE
Add the installation files to the partition data sources.
Add the following custom command under Final initialization command.
cp custom/nexthink/collector/nexthink-collector.service /etc/systemd/system/; systemctl enable nexthink-collector.service; systemctl start nexthink-collector
Save the profile and assign it to the devices selected for installation.
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