On Linux, the Secure Agent runs as a process. You can use a shell command line to install, register, start, stop, and uninstall the Secure Agent.
You can also use the shell command line to check the Secure Agent status.
When you install a Secure Agent, you perform the following tasks:
Verify that the machine meets the minimum requirements.
Download the Secure Agent installer files.
Install and register the Secure Agent.
Consider the following guidelines:
Create a specific user profile to install the Secure Agent with full access to all folders from the Secure Agent installation directory. Don't install the Secure Agent as the root user.
You can't install more than one Secure Agent on the same machine under the same user account. Multiple agents may exist under different user accounts.
Don't install the Secure Agent on any node within the Informatica domain.