Install OT Discovery Collector on a Linux system

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  • Updated March 27, 2026
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    • Install the OT Discovery Collector on a Linux system.

    Before you begin

    • SCP the linuxCollectorinstaller_[version number]_[build number].tar.gz over to the Linux system.
      Note:
      An example of the file name format is linuxCollectorinstaller_3.3.1_20250917.1.tar.gz.
    • You need to SCP the CollectorBundle file you generated and downloaded from the Discovery Console to the Linux system.
    • To go into OT Discovery Collector Linux host, use ssh.
    • Use su or sudo -s to switch to the root user.

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. On your instance, navigate to the Service Graph Connector for ServiceNow OT Discovery Guided Setup page.
    2. Select the Get Started.
      The Download & Deploy OT Discovery page opens.
    3. In the first section of the setup, select Download & Deploy OT Discovery.
    4. Select Configure and the Downloads page opens.

      Downloads page
      Note:
      Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully and then check Agree.
    5. Download the OT Discovery Collector installation and deployment package for Linux.
    6. Install the Collector on the Discovery Console for OT you intend to use.
    7. On a RHEL-based distribution, install tar. 
      sudo dnf install -y tar
    8. On all Linux distributions, run the following command: 
      tar -xvf linuxCollectorinstaller_[version number]_[build number].tar.gz
    9. Copy the CollectorBundle file into the CollectorInstaller directory. 
      chmod +x Collector-init.sh

./Collector-init.sh
    10. When the script starts, the system locates the pdf version of the EULA.

      When prompted to accept the EULA, enter Y for yes.

    11. After the script completes successfully, the OT Discovery Collector can be seen in the console.

      To check the service status, run this command: systemctl status SNDiscoveryCollector. If you would like to view the journal output for the service to troubleshoot issues, as the root user you can run journalctl -f -a -u SNDiscoveryCollector.

    Result

    After the script completes successfully, the OT Discovery Collector can now be seen in the console.
    To check the service status, run this command: 
    systemctl status SNDiscoveryCollector
    .
    If you would like to view the journal output for the service (usually as a troubleshooting measure), as the root user you can run: 
    journalctl -f -a -u SNDiscoveryCollector
    .