---
title: "How to Install Retrace on AWS EC2 Linux Servers"
slug: "aws-installation-linux-aws-ec2"
description: "Install Stackify Linux Agent for AWS EC2. SSH into your instance, download & install agent with activation key. Improve server monitoring & performance."
updated: 2018-08-12T17:21:28Z
published: 2018-08-12T17:21:28Z
---

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# AWS EC2 (Linux)

## Install for AWS EC2

Instructions on how to install the Stackify Linux Agent [AWS EC2](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) (Amazon Linux).

### Installing Stackify Linux Agent

1. SSH into your AWS EC2 instance

```xml
    ssh -i [cert.pem] ec2-user@[x.x.x.x]
```

1. Download and Install
2. Replace `[INSERT ACTIVATION KEY]` with your activation key value. You can find your activation key under [Settings: Account](https://s1.stackify.com/Manage/AccountInfo).

```xml
    wget https://s1.stackify.com/Account/AgentDownload/Linux --output-document=stackify.tar.gz && 
       tar -zxvf stackify.tar.gz stackify-agent-install-32bit &&  
       cd stackify-agent-install-32bit &&  
       sudo ./agent-install.sh --key [INSERT ACTIVATION KEY] --environment "Production" --devicealias [aliasname]
```