An alternative to installing Java and downloading Link Agent from the mabl app is to run the Link Agent inside a Docker container. The Link Agent Docker image can be here found on Dockerhub. Running the Link Agent inside a Docker container is simple:
$ docker run mablhq/link-agent --api-key <your-api-key> --name <agent-name>Alternatively you can run the container as a background daemon process:
$ docker run -d --name mabl-link-agent mablhq/link-agent \
--api-key <your-api-key> --name <agent-name>Note about --net="host" compatibility
If your test needs to access services running on the docker host (the machine/VM where docker is running), such as localhost URLs, you will need to add an additional flag when starting docker: --net="host". For example:
$ docker run --host="net" mablhq/link-agent --api-key <your-api-key> --name <agent-name>