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2.4.1.2. MySQL Enterprise Monitor Agent Options

To view all the options available for an unattended agent installation, invoke the agent installer file passing in the help option. (Under Windows you must redirect the output to a file. You should see a listing similar to the following:

Note

The exact options may vary depending on the operating system on which you are executing the installer.

The options and their effect on installation are detailed below:

  • --help

    Display the list of valid options

  • --version

    Display product information, including the version number of the installer.

  • --optionfile <optionfile>

    Specify the location of an option file containing the configuration options for this installation.

  • --unattendedmodeui <unattendedmodeui>

    The UI elements to use when performing an unattended installation. The options are none, show now UI elements during the installation; minimal, show minimal elements during installation; minimalWithDialogs, show minimal UI elements, but include the filled-dialog boxes.

    The default is none.

  • --mode <mode>

    Specify the installation mode to use for this installation.

  • --debugtrace <debugtrace>

    Set the filename to use when recording debug information during the installation.

  • --installer-language <installer-language>

    Set the language to be used for the installer.

  • --installdir <installdir>

    Specify the directory where the software will be installed.

    The default on Windows is C:\Program Files\MySQL\Enterprise\Agent

    The default on Unix is /opt/mysql/enterprise/agent/

    The default on Mac OS X is /Applications/mysql/enterprise/agent/

  • --mysqlconnmethod <mysqlconnmethod>

    Specify the connection method to use to connect to MySQL.

    Options are tcpip and socket.

    The default is tcpip.

  • --mysqlhost <mysqlhost>

    MySQL hostname or IP address

    The default is 127.0.0.1.

  • --checkmysqlhost <checkmysqlhost>

    Validate the MySQL hostname or IP address

    The default is yes.

  • --mysqlport <mysqlport>

    Specify the TCP/IP port to use when connecting to MySQL.

    The default is 3306.

  • --mysqlsocket <mysqlsocket>

    Specify the filename of the MySQL socket to use when communicating with the monitored MySQL instance.

  • --mysqluser <mysqluser>

    Specify the username to use when connecting to the MySQL instance.

  • --mysqlpassword <mysqlpassword>

    Specify the password to use when connecting to the MySQL instance.

  • --enableproxy <enableproxy>

    Enable the Proxy. This is recommended and is required if you want to use Query Analyzer.

    The default is 1 (use the proxy).

  • --proxyport <proxyport>

    Specify the TCP/IP port to use for the proxy interface.

    The default is 4040.

  • --managerhost <managerhost>

    The hostname or IP address of the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

  • --managerport <managerport>

    The port number of the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

    The default is 18080.

  • --managersslport <managersslport>

    The port number of the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager for SSL-based communication

    The default is 18443.

  • --usessl <usessl>

    Specifies whether SSL should be used to communicate with the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

  • --agentuser <agentuser>

    Specify the agent username to be used when communicating with the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

  • --agentpassword <agentpassword>

    Specify the agent password to be used when communicating with the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

  • --proxyuser <proxyuser>

    The user account for the proxy server.

    The default is root.