Moonshot Agent Installer is a fun, user-friendly, and secure Bash script for downloading and installing the Checkmk agent from a protected internal repository.
It features clear step-by-step feedback, logging, a dry-run mode, and a cosmic theme!
- ASCII art and cosmic theme for a delightful UX
- Step-by-step guidance with color-coded messages
- Secure password prompt (never echoed or stored)
- Spinner animations for long-running steps
- Comprehensive logging to
/var/log/moonshot-agent.log - Dry run mode: tests authentication and download without installing
- Command-line flags:
--dry-run,--help,--version - Root/sudo check for safe installation
- Automatic cleanup of downloaded files
- Bash (v4+ recommended)
wgetrpm- Root or sudo privileges to install the agent
sudo ./moonshot-agent.shsudo ./moonshot-agent.sh --dry-run./moonshot-agent.sh --help./moonshot-agent.sh --version- The script never stores your password; it is only used for the current session.
- All actions and errors are logged to
/var/log/moonshot-agent.log. - Only users with the correct HTTP credentials can download the agent.
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Welcome to the Moonshot Agent Installer!
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Step 1: Authentication
To download the agent, we need your HTTP password for user 'agentuser'.
Please enter the password:
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Step 2: Downloading the Agent
Connecting to the server and downloading the agent package...
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Download successful!
The agent package has been saved as check-mk-agent-2.3.0p28-57d94250985d034c.noarch.rpm.
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Step 3: Installing the Agent
Installing the agent package on your system. This may take a moment...
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Step 4: Cleaning Up
Removing the downloaded package to keep your system tidy.
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Installation complete!
The Checkmk agent is now installed and ready for launch.
Mission accomplished. Welcome to the monitoring universe!
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Edit the following variables at the top of the script as needed:
USER="agentuser"
URL="http://your-internal-server/agents/check-mk-agent-2.3.0p28-57d94250985d034c.noarch.rpm"
RPM_FILE="check-mk-agent-2.3.0p28-57d94250985d034c.noarch.rpm"
LOG_FILE="/var/log/moonshot-agent.log"Pull requests and suggestions are welcome!
Feel free to open an issue for bugs or feature requests.
MIT License