Getting Started

Prerequisites

• SeaLights Account: Active SeaLights account with access credentials
• Authentication Token: Valid SeaLights Agent token
• Supported C++ Compiler: GCC/G++ - versions 9.4 through 13.3, Clang - versions 20 through 21
• Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04 and newer, Debian 11 and newer or compatible Linux distributions
• C++ Agent Binary: Downloaded SL.Agent.Cpp binary placed in your project directory
• Network Access: Ability to connect to SeaLights servers (check firewall/proxy settings if needed)

Downloading the C++ Agent

The latest SeaLights C++ Agent file can be downloaded from:

• https://${SL_DOMAIN}/slcpp/latest/sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz
• https://${SL_DOMAIN}/slcpp/latest/sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.zip

Where ${SL_DOMAIN} should be replaced with either:

• Your account-specific domain endpoint: <your_custom_domain>.sealights.co
• The generic SeaLights agents endpoint: agents.sealights.co

For example:

https://agents.sealights.co/slcpp/latest/sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz

Sample Scripts for Downloading the C++ Agent

Downloading and extracting the latest version:

SL_DOMAIN=agents.sealights.co

# Download and extract Sealights C++ Agent (self-contained Linux package)
echo "[Sealights] Downloading Sealights C++ Agent..."

wget -nv -O sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz \
    https://${SL_DOMAIN}/slcpp/latest/sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz \
    && tar -xvf sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz \
    && rm sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz

# Verify installation (prints version)
./sealights-cpp-agent --version 2> /dev/null

Downloading a specific version

Replace “latest” with the desired version when downloading a specific version. Please note the format of the specific version URL that includes the v prefix.

Example script:

# SeaLights domain (replace with your custom domain if needed)
SL_DOMAIN=agents.sealights.co

# Specific version to download (must include the "v" prefix)
SL_CPP_AGENT_VERSION=v0.3.0.1

echo "[Sealights] Downloading Sealights C++ Agent..."

wget -nv -O sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz \
  https://${SL_DOMAIN}/slcpp/${SL_CPP_AGENT_VERSION}/sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz

# Extract the agent and clean up the archive
tar -xvf sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz
rm sealights-cpp-agent-linux-self-contained.tar.gz

# Verify installation (prints version)
./sealights-cpp-agent --version 2> /dev/null