PROXY-BASED AGENT INSTALLATIONS IN DATA CENTERS

An example method may include determining, by a first program running on a first compute node, that a shared datastore connected to the first compute node includes address information for downloading an agent installer and proxy information for accessing a proxy server. The address information and the proxy information may be stored in the shared datastore by a second program running on a second compute node based on a user-configured input. Further, the method may include reading, by the first program, the proxy information and the address information from the shared datastore. Furthermore, the method may include downloading, by the first program, the agent installer from a destination server corresponding to the address information via a proxy server associated with the proxy information. Further, the method may include executing, by the first program, the agent installer to install the agent on the first compute node.