KB33417: How to run Master Health Agent or Health Agent as an application on UNIX/Linux operating systems in MicroStrategy Health Center 9.x and 10.x

In Strategy Health Center 9.x and 10.x, the user has an option to run Master Health Agent (MHA) or Health Agent (HA) on UNIX/Linux operating systems. If the user chooses to run MHA or HA as a daemon, the user who configures them requires to be the root account.
 
This document explains how to run MHA or HA as an application by the steps below:
 
Note: if the user account which runs MHA/HA as an application does not have root access, when MHA/HA collects logs from folders which only the root account has access to, MHA/HA will fail retrieving logs from those folders.
 
To configure Master Health Agent (MHA) as an application:

• When configuring MHA in the Health Center Configuration Wizard, in the Connection Parameters window, leave the  "Configure daemon" option blank.  
   
  

• After finishing the Configuration Wizard, from the terminal, run the script below in the /bin folder:
   
  
  

  
  ./mstrsuppappsn

  
  
   
  

To configure Health Agent (HA) as an application:

• When configuring HA in the Health Center Configuration Wizard, in the Connection Parameters window, leave the  "Configure daemon" option blank.   
   
  

• After finishing the Configuration Wizard, from the terminal, run the script below in the /bin folder:
   
  
  

  
  ./mstrsuppappagent

  
  
   
   

To terminate the MHA or HA application, the user can simply use the "kill" command or use "ctrl + c" to leave the console.