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This section will show you a list of all the remote agents currently deployed by the MyConnection Server. Each Remote agent has various shortcut links to help quickly access settings and results.
To create a new remote agent using the wizard click the Create and publish a new RA button - click here for more information.
If you want to manually create a Remote Agent click the "create RA manually (advanced)" link as shown at the bottom of fig 2 above.
Fig 3: Create a remote agent
Step one, as shown in fig 3 above, is to enter a name for your new remote agent. Choose a suitable name, for example the location the remote agent is going to be deployed at, and then click next, which will take you to the page shown below in fig 4:
Fig 4: Zero-Install or Installed
A zero-install remote agent runs once on an end user's desktop, performs some tests, then shuts down and removes itself from the system.
It's good for distributing to customers or clients for one-off batches of tests.
An installed remote agent runs continually on the target system. It restarts itself automatically when the system reboots and can be uninstalled from the Manage RAs page.
Installed Remote Agents are good for constant connection monitoring between two network devices.
Choose which one best suits your needs then click the next button, which will bring you the page shown below in fig 5:
Fig 5: Allow just admin users or both admin users and applet users.
The first check box option
allows administrators to control the Remote Agent. Once the Remote Agent has finished performing all its batch tests (if any), it will stay connected and allow anyone with administrative access to perform further, one-off tests.
For example, you could distribute this agent to a customer and perform as many tests as you need, before dismissing the agent from the customer's desktop.
The second check box option, if checked, will set the Remote Agent to appear in a drop-down list in the MyConnection Server applet. This will allow applet users to perform tests as if they were sat at the desktop on which this Remote Agent is running.
Note: Currently only the MyRoute plugin supports tracing from the applet using Remote Agents.
Choose which option best suits you then click the next button, which will bring you the page shown below in fig 6:
Fig 6: Last stage of creating a remote agent.
To continue using this wizard to create remote agents leave the first option checked.
To create tests that you want this remote agent to perform check the take me to the create test page and then click the finish button. Note that if you don't check this you can still set tests from the manage remote agents main window.
The create test page looks like fig 7 below:
Fig 7: Create test schedule for a remote agent.
The first option is to choose a test to perform for this remote agent. The drop down list will display all created and default tests. If you wish to create a new test for this remote agent then click the Create new test link under the drop down menu. This will take you to the create new test pages.
The second option is to chose which server to test to and which server to send results to. By default MyConnection Server assumes the remote agent will test and send results to the current server. If you have satellite servers setup to test to then you can choose one of these from the drop down menu.
If you have another Myconnection Server setup then you can have the results sent to this server. By choosing this option from the drop down menu you will be able to type in the IP/domain that the other MyConnection Server resides at.
The next section is how many tests you want the remote agent to perform, and how long you want the remote agent to wait before performing the next test.
When the settings are finished click the update test button.
Then next stage is to publish the remote agent to the remote location that you want to run tests from. At the bottom of the manage remote agent page there is the publish remote agent section as shown below in fig 8:
Fig 8: Publish remote agent
There are two ways to do this:
1. MyConnection server can publish the remote agent as a download from your server. A link will be displayed that you can send to the remote location for them to download and run at their end.
2. Download the remote agent and distribute it yourself, for examply by CD or email.
Either option will require a name entered for the remote agent. This is so that when it connects back to your server you can identify it successfully.
Note: When installing a Remote Agent as a service on a Vista OS you need to right mouse click on the agent and select 'install as administrator' from the context menu.
Linux instructions (supported under Mac OS X):
• Download the Linux RA from the MyConnection Server.
The server will indicate where
the Linux RA is available by providing a "download RA for Linux" link underneath the usual "download
RA" button. Click the link, then use the link in the resulting popup to download the unixrta.tar file.
• Extract the .tar file:
tar -xf unixrta.tar
• Run the installation script:
sh rta_configure.sh
• Use the MyConnection Server to download a Windows RA (rta.exe file).
This
contains all the relevant settings to allow the Unix RA to connect back to the MyConnection Server. Place
the rta.exe in the installation directory chosen in the point above.
• Run the RA by changing to the installation directory and typing:
sh start_rta.sh
The RA can be stopped by typing "sh stop_rta.sh".
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