Installing the monitoring agent on a Cloud Server (Linux)

For CentOS Stream 8, AlmaLinux 8, AlmaLinux 9, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 10, Debian 11, and Debian 12

This article explains how to install the Monitoring Agent on a Cloud Server with a Linux operating system in order to retrieve information about free hard drive space or running processes.

Notes

If you are using a local firewall on the server, you must enable incoming connections for TCP port 5666 in this firewall.
CentOS Stream 9 is not supported.

How to install the Monitoring Agent on your server:

Log in to your IONOS account.
Click on the Server & Cloud tile. If you have multiple server contracts, select the desired contract.

Activate the desired server in the Infrastructure > Server area.
Click on DVD drive.
Click on Applications.
Click on Monitoring Agent.
Click on Load DVD.

The DVD is loaded. This process may take a few minutes.
Log in to the server as an administrator.

You can find instructions here:
Connect to a Linux server via SSH
Create the directory in which the DVD is to be mounted. To do this, enter the following command:

CentOS Stream 8, AlmaLinux 8, AlmaLinux 9
[root@localhost ~]# mkdir /mnt/dvd
Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 10, Debian 11, Debian 12
[root@localhost ~]# sudo mkdir /mnt/dvd
The directory /mnt/dvd is created.
To mount the DVD, enter the following command:
CentOS Stream 8, AlmaLinux 8, AlmaLinux 9
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd
Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 10, Debian 11, Debian 12
[root@localhost ~]# sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd
The DVD drive is mounted.
To open the /mnt/dvd directory, enter the following command:
[root@localhost ~]# cd /mnt/dvd
The /mnt/dvd directory is opened.
To install the monitoring agent, enter the following command:
[root@localhost ~]# ./install_monitoring_agent.sh
The monitoring agent is installed.