Install PMM Client manually using binaries¶

Choose your installation instructions based on whether you have root permissions:

With root permissionsWithout root permissions

To install PMM Client with binary package with root permissions:

Download the PMM Client package for your architecture:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz

Download the corresponding checksum file:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256sum

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz.sha256sum

Verify the download:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

sha256sum -c pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256sum

sha256sum -c pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz.sha256sum

Unpack the package and move into the directory:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

tar xfz pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz && cd pmm-client-3.0.0

tar xfz pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz && cd pmm-client-3.0.0

Set the installation directory:
```
export PMM_DIR=/usr/local/percona/pmm
```
Run the installer:
```
./install_tarball
```
Update your PATH:
```
PATH=$PATH:$PMM_DIR/bin
```

Set up the agent:

pmm-agent setup --config-file=/usr/local/percona/pmm/config/pmm-agent.yaml --server-address=192.168.1.123 --server-insecure-tls --server-username=admin --server-password=admin

Run the agent:

pmm-agent --config-file=${PMM_DIR}/config/pmm-agent.yaml

Open a new terminal and verify the installation:
```
pmm-admin status
```

To install PMM Client with binary package without root permissions:

Download the PMM Client package for your architecture:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz

Download the corresponding checksum file:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256sum

wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/pmm/3.0.0/binary/tarball/pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz.sha256sum

Verify the download:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

sha256sum -c pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256sum

sha256sum -c pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz.sha256sum

Unpack the package and move into the directory:

For x86_64 (AMD64)For ARM64 (aarch64)

tar xfz pmm-client-3.0.0-x86_64.tar.gz && cd pmm-client-3.0.0

tar xfz pmm-client-3.0.0-aarch64.tar.gz && cd pmm-client-3.0.0

Set the installation directory:
```
export PMM_DIR=YOURPATH
```
Replace YOURPATH with a path where you have required access.
Run the installer:
```
./install_tarball
```
Update your PATH:
```
PATH=$PATH:$PMM_DIR/bin
```

Set up the agent:

pmm-agent setup --config-file=${PMM_DIR}/config/pmm-agent.yaml --server-address=192.168.1.123 --server-insecure-tls --server-username=admin --server-password=admin --paths-tempdir=${PMM_DIR}/tmp --paths-base=${PMM_DIR}

Run the agent:

pmm-agent --config-file=${PMM_DIR}/config/pmm-agent.yaml

Open a new terminal and verify the installation:
```
pmm-admin status
```

Tips

Download tar.gz with pmm-client.
Extract it.
Run ./install_tarball scriptwith the -u flag.

The configuration file will be overwritten if you do not provide the -u flag while the pmm-agent is updated.

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