Prepare to Use the ODU Client

Supported Platforms:

• Oracle Linux 6.3 or later
• Oracle Linux 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Windows 7
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
• Solaris 11

Prerequisite Authentication and Environment Information:

• Domain URL: Obtain OMC URL from Agents page:
  1. On the Oracle Management Cloud home page, click the OMC Navigation Menu on the top-left corner and navigate to Administration > Agents.
  2. On the Agents page, click the Download tab. The Agent Software Download page is displayed.
  3. Select Cloud Agent from the Agent Type drop-down list. The OMC_URL is displayed. This OMC_URL represents the domain URL in the ODU client.
• User Name: Obtain the user name that you use for accessing Oracle Management Cloud.
• Password: This is the password that you use for accessing Oracle Management Cloud.
• JAVA_HOME Environment Variable: If you've not already defined this environment variable, then set it and point it to your JDK or JRE installation.

Download the ODU Client

To start using the ODU client, download the client and store it at an appropriate location on the host.

1. From Oracle Log Analytics, navigate to Administration Home. Click the gear icon on the top right corner, and click Download ODU Client.
   The client download is initiated.
2. Select an appropriate location on the host to store the odu_client.zip file.
3. Unzip the odu_client.zip file. Navigate to the folder odu_client > bin.
   The bin folder contains the files odu-client and odu-client.bat. To execute the ODU client commands, use the file odu-client in the Linux environment and the Windows Batch File odu-client.bat in the Windows environment.
4. Provide Execute permission to odu-client or odu-client.bat file that you'll use to upload the log files.