Install PMM client manually using binaries¶

To install PMM client with binary package, do the following:

Download the PMM Client package:

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm2/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm2-client-3.0.0.tar.gz

Download the PMM Client package checksum file:

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm2/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm2-client-3.0.0.tar.gz.sha256sum

Verify the download.

sha256sum -c pmm2-client-3.0.0.tar.gz.sha256sum

Unpack the package and move into the directory.

tar xfz pmm2-client-3.0.0.tar.gz && cd pmm2-client-3.0.0

Choose one of these two commands (depends on your permissions):
Without root permissions
```
export PMM_DIR=YOURPATH
```
where YOURPATH replace with you real path, where you have required access.
With root permissions
```
export PMM_DIR=/usr/local/percona/pmm2
```
Run the installer.
Root permissions (if you skipped step 5 for non root users)
```
./install_tarball
```
Change the path.
```
PATH=$PATH:$PMM_DIR/bin
```

Set up the agent (pick the command for you depending on permissions)

Root permissions

pmm-agent setup --config-file=/usr/local/percona/pmm2/config/pmm-agent.yaml --server-address=192.168.1.123 --server-insecure-tls --server-username=admin --server-password=admin

Non root users

pmm-agent setup --config-file=${PMM_DIR}/config/pmm-agent.yaml --server-address=192.168.1.123 --server-insecure-tls --server-username=admin --server-password=admin --paths-tempdir=${PMM_DIR}/tmp --paths-base=${PMM_DIR}

Run the agent.

pmm-agent --config-file=${PMM_DIR}/config/pmm-agent.yaml

Open a new terminal and check.
```
pmm-admin status
```

Tips

Download tar.gz with pmm2-client.
Extract it.
Run ./install_tarball scriptwith the -u flag.

The configuration file will be overwritten if you do not provide the -u flag while the pmm-agent is updated.

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