Collector onboarding

Collectors are proxies allowing the cockpit the connect to remote devices and collect data.
At least one collector must be associated to a group of systems

• You must be an admin user to onboard a collector
• You must have completed the installation of a Pro.Monitor collector

• Request a license for your collector by providing its IP adress
• Install the provided license in the collector via Settings→License
• From Cockpit Collectors→API key menu, create a new API key and copy its id.
• From the collector, navigate to Settings→Plugins and select a Pro.Monitor type plugin to create a new one
  • Set its arbitrary name
  • Use cockpit URL in URL field, such as: https://[COCKPIT HOST]:[COCKPIT PORT]
  • Use provided API key
  • Set chunks (400 is an acceptable value)
  • Set enabled to true
• Once cockpit plugin is configured, the collector should appear in the Collectors table. Use the Refresh button

• From Collectors menu, use associations tab to assign groups to your collector
• Keep in mind that all systems configured within the associated groups must be reachable from the collector server

• From Collectors menu, you can visualize collector states, properties and statistics
• You can also:
  • Collect collector logs
  • Update collectors
  • Restart collectors
• It is advised to configure alarm rules to notify admin users when an alarm is detected on a collector (such as collector connectivity issue).
  • Use alarm module PROMONITOR_SERVER to identify those alarms
• Important: When a collector is OFFLINE, all associated groups won't be monitored anymore.