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Updates beacon agent on-prem DSN examples
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ksnavely committed Nov 5, 2024
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#### Description

Runs the Beacon agent.
Runs the Beacon agent.

In default mode, with no subcommand, this runs the Beacon Agent process, which sends data ingestions to the Beacon Server and maintains a local log of its activities.

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Start Beacon Agent:

```
beacon-agent
beacon-agent
```

### `setup`
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|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-file=<string>` | Sets the filename (and path) of the generated configuration file. (default `"beacon_agent.yaml"`) |
| `-verify=<boolean>` | Verifies the project's credentials with the Beacon server. |

#### Examples

##### Creating a configuration file, without authentication

```
beacon-agent setup -verify=false
```

##### Creating a configuration file with a different name

```
beacon-agent setup -file my_beacon_config.yaml
```
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provider:
onprem:
databases:
sales_reporting:
dsn: "$DSN"
- dsn: "$DSN"
tags:
- "foo"
- "bar"
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Expand Up @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Before you begin, you need to have the following:

You need to enable the system you are planning on running the agent on to download packages from the EDB repositories for EDB Postgres AI.

Locate your EDB subscription token on the the [EnterpriseDB repos download page](https://www.enterprisedb.com/repos-downloads).
Locate your EDB subscription token on the the [EnterpriseDB repos download page](https://www.enterprisedb.com/repos-downloads).

Using the retrieved subscription token, set an environmental variables (`EDB_SUBSCRIPTION_TOKEN`) to the token's value. Also set an environmental variable for your EDB subscription type (`EDB_SUBSCRIPTION_TYPE`) to one of `standard` or `enterprise` depending on which plan you are signed up to:

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Running the `beacon-agent setup` command creates a configuration file in the Beacon configuration directory. using those environment variables.

You also need to specify the Beacon configuration directory for storing the configuration file and the name of the configuration file to generate there. The `$HOME/.beacon/` file is one of the default locations which `beacon_agent` searches for `beacon_agent.yaml` when it starts. Using the `-file` flag tells the agent setup process to create its configuration file in a specific location.
You also need to specify the Beacon configuration directory for storing the configuration file and the name of the configuration file to generate there. The `$HOME/.beacon/` file is one of the default locations which `beacon_agent` searches for `beacon_agent.yaml` when it starts. Using the `-file` flag tells the agent setup process to create its configuration file in a specific location.

```
beacon-agent setup -file="$HOME/.beacon/beacon_agent.yaml"
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```yaml
databases:
<database_name_1>:
dsn: "$DSN1"
tags:
- "<tag-one>"
- "<tag-two>"
<database_name_2>:
dsn: "$DSN2"
tags:
- "<tag-one>"
- "<tag-two>"
- dsn: "$DSN1"
tags:
- "<tag-one>"
- "<tag-two>"
- dsn: "$DSN2"
tags:
- "<tag-one>"
- "<tag-two>"
```
Here is an example `beacon_agent.yaml` file configured for a database named `sales_reporting`:
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- "onprem"
provider:
onprem:
databases:
sales_reporting:
dsn: "$DSN"
databases:
- dsn: “$DSN”
tags:
- "sales"
- "reports"
- "sales"
- "reports"
host:
resource_id: "postgresql.lan"
tags: []
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