# NetBeez Agent on Arista

**URL:** <https://community.netbeez.net/t/netbeez-agent-on-arista/91>\
**Category:** Network Agents\
**Tags:** network-agent\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.netbeez.net/t/netbeez-agent-on-arista/91 "2023-07-18T18:02:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mikecoffey85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mikecoffey85](https://community.netbeez.net/u/mikecoffey85)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.netbeez.net/t/netbeez-agent-on-arista/91/1 "2023-07-18T18:02:50Z")

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Looking to see if the NetBeez agent supports being install on Arista and if anyone has it running well.

I found this about EOS [Running a Guest VM on EOS (site.com)](https://arista.my.site.com/AristaCommunity/s/article/running-a-guest-vm-on-eos)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jeff.josephs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.netbeez.net/jeff.josephs/32/19_2.png) [@jeff.josephs](https://community.netbeez.net/u/jeff.josephs)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.netbeez.net/t/netbeez-agent-on-arista/91/2 "2023-07-18T18:40:01Z")

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Hi @mikecoffey85,

First of all, welcome to the community!

We haven’t tested this on an actual Arista Switch, but looking through the documents, you should be able to easily install a Debian image on it (look at the `.qcow2` image files from here: [Index of /images/cloud/bullseye/20230717-1444](https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/20230717-1444/)) and then run our agent install script:

```auto
curl -O https://netbeez-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agent_artifacts/agent_deploy.sh

sudo env URL="https://netbeez-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agent_artifacts/nbagent_virtual-model-ova_1b014e5d_12.0.3.tar.gz" \
SECRET="<secret_key_received_via_email>" bash agent_deploy.sh && \
sudo bash /usr/local/netbeez/agent_cleanup.sh && \
sudo bash /usr/local/netbeez/ova_modify_interfaces.sh

```

Check out the instructions on how to install an agent [Option 2: Install on Virtual Appliance](https://netbeez.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212035586-Install-NetBeez-Agents#h_01EM75ZRCYS7YRXC4ZBVEH8XMY).

Hope this helps, and let us know how it works out.

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**Author:** ![jdonovan999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jdonovan999](https://community.netbeez.net/u/jdonovan999)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.netbeez.net/t/netbeez-agent-on-arista/91/3 "2023-07-24T18:43:31Z")

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Hi @mikecoffey85 ,  
I’m an SE at Arista, and I just ran through this process to confirm that Arista EOS supports NetBeez agent installation and functionality. However, I would recommend using the Docker method ([Option 3 - Docker Container](https://netbeez.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212035586-Install-NetBeez-Agents#h_01EM76000N0E448MZ12J3ZEAMD)) versus the VM method since both are supported. The VM deployment method would work fine on EOS, but Docker containers have a few benefits that make that option stand out. Docker containers are typically much smaller than a VM, with less resource requirements. In addition, Docker containers are also very fast to provision and boot.

Arista switches support Docker installation as an extension, so you would first need to go to [www.arista.com](http://www.arista.com) to download the extension. Navigate to **Support** \> **Software Download** , and expand the drop-down for **Extensions**. It is important to match the extension version to the version of EOS you are currently running on your Arista switch. There are multiple download options available per EOS release. You will want to download the one with this name format: **EOS64-4.x.xM-docker.swix**. Once downloaded, this file needs to be copied into the /mnt/flash directory of the switch before installing the extension. You can find details for this process [here](https://arista.my.site.com/AristaCommunity/s/article/packaging-and-installing-eos-extensions#Comm_Kna_ka08C0000008SHZQA2_23).

Once the extension is uploaded and installed, you would then drop into bash, start the Docker service, and verify Docker is running. See below example from my lab:

> SW1# **bash**
> 
> Arista Networks EOS shell
> 
> [jd@SW1 ~]$ **sudo su**  
> bash-4.2# **service docker start**  
> Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start docker.service  
> bash-4.2# **service docker status**  
> Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status docker.service
> 
> - docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine  
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)  
> Active: **active (running)** since Mon 2023-07-24 12:16:04 EDT; 15s ago  
> Docs: [https://docs.docker.com](https://docs.docker.com)

Once Docker is confirmed to be running, you should then follow the steps outlined in the video from [Option 3 - Docker Container](https://youtu.be/qTqMC7T1mfw). Once this is completed, your new agent should be visible in the NetBeez Dashboard. If you encounter an issue, I would be willing to help.

Thanks,  
John