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• When extracting files to a location that has already been used then existing files with the same name will be overwritten. Files added by the user will remain in place.
  • This is particularly true for the Agent Start Script ./bin/agent.sh|cmd, which should not be modified by users. Instead, apply changes to a new Agent Instance Start Script file  ./bin/agent_<http-port>.sh|cmd. This script is used to configure a number of environment variables and before executing the Agent Start Script.
• The .tar.gz/.zip archive includes Java libraries in the ./lib directory that ship with unique file names per Agent release.
  • Therefore, before extracting files, rename or remove an existing ./lib directory in order to store libraries from the current Agent release only to in this directory.

Installation using the Windows Installer in Headless Mode

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