Prerequisites for Linux Systems
Configuration of SNMP
The SNMP protocol is required to query essential system information from Linux-based systems. So a correctly configured net-snmp is needed on every Linux-based Fabasoft app.telemetry agent.
Configure the SNMP read community with your desired secure passphrase. (The write-community is not required by Fabasoft app.telemetry software.)
The default configuration file is located in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
Configuration (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) |
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# 1. possibility: by using global read-only community rocommunity <passphrase> # ---------------- OR ----------------- # 2. possibility: by using system views com2sec notConfigUser default <passphrase> group notConfigGroup v1 notConfigUser access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact systemview none none |
You should enable automatic startup of SNMP daemon on every server and restart the daemon for the changes to take effect.
Autostart SNMPD Daemon |
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systemctl --now enable snmpd |
Configuration of the Fabasoft app.telemetry SNMP Agent
To enable SNMPD to access agent or status information of a Fabasoft app.telemetry Server instance the SNMPD needs to be configured to enable agentx connections:
Configuration (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) |
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master agentx |
After configuring the SNMPD to enable agentx support restart the service.
Installation of Fabasoft app.telemetry SNMP Agent
Installation (Linux Shell) |
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[root@localhost]# yum localinstall apptelemetrysnmpagent-<version>-<os>.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ###################################### [100%] [root@localhost]# systemctl enable apptelemetrysnmpagent.service [root@localhost]# systemctl start apptelemetrysnmpagent.service |
The Fabasoft app.telemetry SNMP Agent service needs to be configured to start automatically and needs to be started manually after the initial installation. To query the data from a Fabasoft app.telemetry Agent install the apptelemetrymibs-<version>-<os>.x86_64.rpm on the Agent computer and configure the SNMP checks as usual. The windows installation package for the Fabasoft app.telemetry Agent already contains the required MIBS in the default installation MSI package.