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<section id="hypervisor-host-install-agent">
    <title>Install and configure the Agent</title>
    <para>To manage KVM instances on the host &PRODUCT; uses a Agent. This Agent communicates with the Management server and controls all the instances on the host.</para>
    <para>First we start by installing the agent:</para>
    <para>In RHEL or CentOS:</para>
    <programlisting language="Bash"><command>$ yum install cloudstack-agent</command></programlisting>
    <para>In Ubuntu:</para>
    <programlisting language="Bash"><command>$ apt-get install cloudstack-agent</command></programlisting>
    <para>The host is now ready to be added to a cluster. This is covered in a later section, see <xref linkend="host-add" />. It is recommended that you continue to read the documentation before adding the host!</para>
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