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Install the Server Agent with Portal

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If you aim to use our latest features such as ‘Run Command’, ‘Server Update Management Service’ and many more, the STACKIT Server Agent must be installed on your server as a basis. It serves as an interface between our infrastructure and the operating system and receives and processes scripts sent remotely and runs them locally on your server, allowing you to configure your server as required.

This documentation describes how to configure a server with the STACKIT Portal to automatically install the latest STACKIT Server Agent during server deployment.

If you prefer to install the STACKIT Server Agent with the STACKIT IaaS API, STACKIT CLI or STACKIT Terraform, refer to this documentation: Install the STACKIT Server Agent with API.

If you want to install the STACKIT Server Agent on an already running Linux or Windows server, refer to this documentation: Install the STACKIT Server Agent on an existing Server.

Installing the STACKIT Server Agent with the STACKIT Portal during server deployment

Section titled “Installing the STACKIT Server Agent with the STACKIT Portal during server deployment”

  1. Check in the table below if your desired operating system supports an automated first boot installation of the STACKIT Server Agent with the STACKIT Portal.

    ImageInstallation with APIInstallation with STACKIT Portal
    Windows Server 2016
    yes
    yes
    Windows Server 2019
    yes
    yes
    Windows Server 2022
    yes
    yes
    Windows Server 2025
    yes
    yes
    RHEL
    yes
    yes
    CentOS
    yes
    yes
    Ubuntu
    yes
    yes
    Fedora
    yes
    yes
    Rocky Linux
    yes
    yes
    AlmaLinux
    yes
    yes
    Debian
    yes
    yes
    (Not yet supported in Debian 11)

    If it does not support this way, you can either use the API or alternatively install the agent manually, once the server is set up and running.

  2. Within the server creation form in the Boot Volume tab go to STACKIT Server Agent and enable Install the agent.

  3. Finish the server ordering procedure.

    The STACKIT Server Agent will then be installed during the initial first boot configuration. Once the server completes its deployment configuration routines, it is ready-to-use and can be used to run commands.

Example of the STACKIT Server Agent on a Windows Server 2022:

Composite screenshot showing the Windows Server 2022 'About' page and the Task Manager Services tab, confirming the STACKITServerAgent status as 'Running'.