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Set up the agent

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Prerequisite to Agent Setup

To check connectivity to Sealights, run the following from your PowerShell window (replace the {customerId} with your customer id beforehand):

Test-NetConnection {customerId}.sealights.io -Port 443 // confirm TCP reachability
Invoke-WebRequest https://{customerId}.sealights.io // confirm HTTPS connectivity

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Set up the agent

To set up the ABAP agent, run the following from your PowerShell window:

PS C:\apps\SLABAPAgent\bin> .\slabapcli.exe setup install
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.388+01:00] [info] Current ANSI Code Page: 65001 (UTF-8) (65001)
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.389+01:00] [info] Config pathname: ../config/config.toml
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.389+01:00] [info] Install default config
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.392+01:00] [info] Installed default config
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.395+01:00] [info] Install symmetric key
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.395+01:00] [info] Create symmetric key
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.398+01:00] [info] Created symmetric key
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.399+01:00] [info] Create IV
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.399+01:00] [info] Created IV
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.400+01:00] [info] Installed symmetric key
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.401+01:00] [info] Install Windows Error Reporting
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.401+01:00] [info] Installed Windows Error Reporting
[2025-06-17 08:15:56.401+01:00] [info] Total time: 00:00:00.013

This command does the following:

  • It generates a machine-locked symmetric key used to protect secrets, including RFC Destination usernames and passwords, and the SeaLights agent ID.

  • It creates a default configuration file named config.toml in the ..\config directory.

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Note: You cannot use the generated key on any other computer. Be sure to back up the config\config.toml file.

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List the agent’s settings

To list the ABAP agent’s ABAP settings, run the following from your PowerShell window:

The command-line interface shows encrypted keys in the settings list output.

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Connect the agent to your SeaLights environment

The next step is to connect the agent to your SeaLights environment. You can do this as follows:

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Copy your SeaLights agent token

First you’ll need to copy your SeaLights agent token to the clipboard, as follows:

  1. In a web browser, navigate to the URL for your SeaLights dashboard.

  2. Select the Settings icon, and then select Agent Tokens from the Settings menu’s Cockpit & Onboarding section.

  3. Locate the entry for your agent token, and press the Copy token button to copy it to the clipboard. Be sure to copy a token whose status is active.

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Connect the agent to SeaLights

Next, you’ll need to connect the agent to SeaLights using the command-line interface. You can do this as follows:

  • Run the following command from your PowerShell window:

  • Use Ctrl+V to paste in your token, and then press <Enter>. Note that you won’t see the token in the PowerShell window. The command-line interface displays this:

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List the SeaLights token

To list the SeaLights token in encrypted form, run the following from your PowerShell window:

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Test the connection to SeaLights

To test the connection to SeaLights, run the following from your PowerShell window:

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Add a proxy

If connection fails your orgniziation might be using a proxy, if that's the case use the following to set it up:

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