The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) manages Linux provisioning and VM interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller. The agent is installed on all CloudGuard for Azure Virtual Machines (Gateway, High Availability, VMSS, Management, MultiDomain Server).
The WALinuxAgent deployed on CloudGuard for Azure Virtual Machines is customized and certified by Check Point to work on Check Point Gaia OS.
Note: Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) self-update and extensions installation are not supported. These features are disabled by default and should not be enabled.
How to check the version of the installed waagent
1. Log in to the Check Point CloudGuard IaaS Virtual Machine deployed in Azure via ssh.
2. Run waagent version:
[Expert@gw:0]# waagent version
/sbin/waagent:27: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses import imp
WALinuxAgent-2.2.45 running on gaia 273.000
Python: 3.7.4
Goal state agent: 2.2.45
Note: the warning in the output above does not have any impact on functionality and can be safely ignored.
Revision history
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Date
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Version |
Comments |
| January 28, 2020 |
2.2.45 |
- See Azure-WALinuxAgent for more information.
- Extension installation and self-update are not supported and are disabled by default.
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For previous revision history, contact Check Point Support.
How to update the waagent to the latest version
Note: The update procedure is supported on R80.30 and above versions of CloudGuard for Azure. See sk132192 for more information about CloudGuard for Azure versions.
1. Log in to the Check Point CloudGuard IaaS Virtual Machine deployed in Azure via ssh.
2. Verify that a symbolic link for python3 exists:
Run which python3
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# which python3
/bin/python3
If a symbolic link does not exist, create it:
Run ln -s $FWDIR/Python/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# ls -la /usr/bin/python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 42 Jan 23 08:30 /usr/bin/python3 -> /opt/CPsuite-R80.30/fw1/Python/bin/python3
3. Stop the WALinuxAgent:
Run service waagent stop
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# service waagent stop
Stopping AzureLinuxAgent: [ OK ]
4. Backup the following files and directories to a directory of your choice:
- /usr/sbin/waagent.sh
- /usr/sbin/waagent
- /etc/rc.d/init.d/waagent
- /etc/waagent.conf
- /usr/lib/waagent/*
5. Download the new walinuxagent package from this link.
6. Copy the downloaded walinuxagent.tgz file to a location on the Virtual Machine (e.g., /home/admin/walinuxagent.tgz)
7. Extract the walinuxagent.tgz file to the root directory:
Run tar zxfC walinuxagent.tgz /
8. Start the WALinuxAgent:
Run service waagent start
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# service waagent start
Starting AzureLinuxAgent: [ OK ]
9. Check the version of the running walinuxagent:
Run waagent version
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# waagent version
/sbin/waagent:27: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses import imp
WALinuxAgent-2.2.45 running on gaia 273.000
Python: 3.7.4
Goal state agent: 2.2.45
10. Verify that the WALinuxAgent is running:
Run service waagent status
Expected result:
[Expert@gw:0]# service waagent status
waagent (pid 58744) is running...
