Centreon: How To Monitor Your Windows Server Using NSClient by anismaj Please share Introduction Centreon is an Open Source software package alternative toNagios Xi that lets you supervise all the infrastructure and applications comprising your information system. CES Standard is the Open and free version of the product. CentreonEnterprise Server (CES) includes all Centreon functions in a unique product. For more information, you can visit the website of Centreon, andcheck our article in this link . Purpose and Target Audience This article describes how to monitor Windows machines withCentreon using NSClient Agent. The NSClient++ agent can be obtained from direct download from the NSClient++ downloads page at http://nsclient.org/nscp/downloads. The NSClient++ agent must be installed on the target Windows machine and configured before Centreon can monitor system metrics, services, processes, or performance data on the target machine. This article is intended for use by Centreon Administrators who want to monitor Windows machines with Centreon. If you still didn’t install Centreon , check this article to see how to do that. Installing and Configuring NSClient On The Remote Windows Machine Before you can monitor a Windows machine using NSClient, you’ll need to install and configure the necessary NSClient software on the remote server. 1 Download the NSClient++ installer package to the target machine you wish to install it on. 2 Run the NSClient++ MSI installer package to initiate the installation. The welcome screen will 209 0 9 3 1 1
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8/1/2015 Centreon: How To Monitor Your Windows Server Using NSClient Unixmen
Centreon: How To Monitor YourWindows Server Using NSClientby anismaj
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IntroductionCentreon is an Open Source software package alternative toNagios Xi that lets you supervise allthe infrastructure and applications comprising your information system.
CES Standard is the Open and free version of the product. CentreonEnterprise Server (CES) includesall Centreon functions in a unique product.
For more information, you can visit the website of Centreon, andcheck our article in this link .
Purpose and Target AudienceThis article describes how to monitor Windows machines withCentreon using NSClient Agent.The NSClient++ agent can be obtained from direct download from the NSClient++ downloads pageat http://nsclient.org/nscp/downloads.
The NSClient++ agent must be installed on the target Windows machine and configuredbefore Centreon can monitor system metrics, services, processes, or performance data on thetarget machine.
This article is intended for use by Centreon Administrators who want to monitor Windows machineswith Centreon.
If you still didn’t install Centreon , check this article to see how to do that.
Installing and Configuring NSClient On TheRemote Windows MachineBefore you can monitor a Windows machine using NSClient, you’ll need to install and configure thenecessary NSClient software on the remote server.
1 Download the NSClient++ installer package to the target machine you wish to install it on.
2 Run the NSClient++ MSI installer package to initiate the installation. The welcome screen will
4 In the next step you will need to choose setup type that best suite to you. The type Typical is recommended for most users.
5 You can make change in the path of the installation if you want that. Else no changes arerequired for a working installation of the NSClient. Click Next to continue.
You should now have the NSClient++ windows monitoring agent installed on your target windowmachine.Now you need to run NSClient as service which means the Windows machine is ready tobe monitored with Centreon.
Test Your Agent Installation From TheCommand LineIt’s useful to be familiar with running your plugin from the command line, for both informational anddebugging purposes.Check_nt plugin is located in the /usr/local/nagios/libexecdirectory. Loginto your Centreon server, navigate to the plugins directory and run your plugin with the similarcommands:
In the general information, fill out the fields: :
Enter the information regarding the polling strategy:
Our host will then be checked every 5 minutes and an alert will be sent out 4 minutes after our hostgoes « DOWN » (2 check attempts with 1 check every 2 minutes will confirm its « HARD » state).The notification will be effective during the time period of 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.At last, the notification parameters are as follows:
Follow the same procedure in order to create other services like CPUUsage, DiskUsage etc..
Generation of configuration filesOnce the hosts and services are created and properly configured, it is required to generate theconfiguration files through two steps:
• configuration testing;• configuration export.
Go to the « Configuration → Monitoring Engines → Generate » menu:
First, select the monitoring poller from the dropdown menu, check the first two checkboxes, andthen click on the « Export » button:
If the output is the test is « Generating files… OK », then you can go to step #2. Otherwise, it isrequired to fix the problems which should be displayed in the console.
Now, check the two other checkboxes and click on the « Export » button again:
If the export process is successful, you should see the following displayed: “Restarting engine…OK”
The results of the polling are visible in the « Monitoring → Hosts » or « Monitoring → Services »menus. First, our services and host have not been checked yet, so they appear with a« PENDING » status.
The screenshot below shows disk, cpu, memory, service, and process monitoring capabilities ofCentreon.
That’s all.
Congratulations! Enjoy your new Monitoring platform Centreon.