Launching a Data Collector Tarball

Complete the following steps on the machine where you want to install and launch the Data Collector tarball.

  1. Verify that the machine meets the minimum requirements for a Data Collector engine.
  2. Download and install OpenJDK 8 or Java 8 JDK.

    Java 8 JRE is not a substitute for Java 8 JDK.

  3. Open a command prompt and set your file descriptors limit to at least 32768.
  4. Paste and then run the installation script command that you copied from the self-managed deployment. Respond to the command prompts to enter download and installation directories.
    Note: If needed, you can retrieve the generated installation script. You can optionally skip the command prompts by defining the directories as command arguments.
  5. To deploy an additional engine instance for this deployment, simply repeat these steps on another machine.