Adding Service Checks for Monitoring
Overview
In order to get started with monitoring service checks, we need to first add them to Motadata AIOps and in turn enable it to collect data from these devices for monitoring. This guide helps you with the process of adding service checks to Motadata AIOps so that you are able to start monitoring them.
At a high level, this process includes creating a discovery profile and executing a successful discovery run.
This is followed by provisioning the discovered devices as monitors in the system. This will enable Motadata AIOps to continuously monitor the resources and generate alerts and insights based on their performance metrics. You can also customize the monitoring settings for each monitor, such as the polling interval, threshold values, and alert notifications.
Service Checks Supported
You can add the following service checks to AIOps to monitor them:
| Types of Service Checks Supported |
|---|
| Ping |
| Port |
| URL |
| RADIUS |
| NTP |
| Domain |
| DNS |
| FTP |
| SSL Certificate |
Let us look into the process to add these service checks one by one to understand the process of adding a service check for monitoring.
- Ping
- Port
- URL
- RADIUS
- NTP
- Domain
- DNS
- FTP
- SSL
Adding Ping for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for ping monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings 
. After that, Go to Discovery Settings 
and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select Ping. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The address of the device on which the ping needs to be checked in one of the following formats: - Monitor: The monitor on which the ping needs to be checked. - IP: The IP address of the device on which the ping needs to be checked. - IP Range: A range of IP addresses on which the ping needs to be checked - CIDR: A range of IP addresses using the CIDR notation if ping needs to be checked on multiple devices. - CSV: The name of the CSV file used to import a range of addresses. |
| Target | The target monitor(s)/device(s) on which the ping service needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Retry Count | Specify the number of times the system will do a ping check to get a successfull response before the service is considered unavailable. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Schedule if you have created the discovery profile and wish to schedule its run at a specific time.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile ping_check_pmg_server by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The Ping Service Check for the selected device is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding Port for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for port monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select Port. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The address of the device on which the port availability needs to be checked in one of the following formats: - Monitor: The monitor on which the port availability needs to be checked. - IP: The IP address of the device on which the port availability needs to be checked. - IP Range: A range of IP addresses on which the port availability needs to be checked - CIDR: A range of IP addresses using the CIDR notation if port availability needs to be checked on multiple devices. - CSV: The name of the CSV file used to import a range of addresses. |
| Target | The target monitor(s)/device(s) on which the port availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | Specify the port for which you need to check the availability. |
| Send Command | Use this toggle button to turn the advance option ON/OFF to execute commands on the target port. |
| Command | This field allows you to specify a command that will be executed on the target port.It is the action or query you want to check for on the specified port. |
| Max Command Output Lines | This field determines the maximum number of lines of output that the system will consider when analyzing the command execution results. If you set it to 1, the system will only inspect the first line of the command output for relevant information. This parameter helps control the scope of output analysis. |
| Search Keyword | The search keyword is the specific string or pattern that the system will look for in the output of the executed command. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Schedule if you have created the discovery profile and wish to schedule its run at a specific time.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile ping_check_pmg_server by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The Port Service Check for the selected device is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding URL for Monitoring
1. Create a Credential Profile
We will start by creating a credential profile.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Credential Profile. The credential profile screen is displayed. Select Create Credential Profile to create a new credential profile.
A pop-up for entering the credential profile details is displayed.
Credential Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the pop-up as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Credential Profile Name | Provide a unique Credential Profile Name. This name is used to identify a credential profile. |
| Protocol | Select HTTP/HTTPS as Protocol from the drop-down. The option to provide the credential details is then displayed based on the protocol selected. |
| Username and the Password | Enter these details for the url you want to provision as a monitor. |
| Authentication Type | Select the Authentication Type from the dropdown. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values entered in the pop-up, if required.
Select Add Credential Profile to create the credential profile in the system. The credential profile is now created.
Now, let's move to the next step and create a discovery profile.
2. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for URL monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select URL. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the URL availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the URL availability needs to be checked. - URL: The URL for which the availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/URL on which the URL availability needs to be checked. |
| URL Endpoint | Specify the URL endpoint that you need to monitor. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| URL Type | Select the URL type(HTTP/HTTPS) that you wish to monitor. |
| URL Method | Select the URL Method(GET/POST) to specify the method to access the URL. |
| JSON URL | Specify whether the URL is a JSON URL. |
| URL Content | Specify the URL content that you wish to search in a URL. |
| Credential Profile | Select the credential profile that you want to associate with the discovery profile. |
| Create Credential Profile | Use this button if you need to create a new credential profile. |
| Parameters | Enter the parameters to monitor a specific API endpoint in your URL |
| Headers | Enter the headers to monitor a specific API endpoint in your URL |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile url_check_google by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
3. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The URL Service Check for the specified URL is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding RADIUS for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for RADIUS monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select RADIUS. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the RADIUS availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the RADIUS availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the RADIUS availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the RADIUS availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Username | Specify the Username of the RADIUS server. |
| Password | Specify the Password of the RADIUS server. |
| RADIUS Secret | Specify the RADIUS secret of the RADIUS network. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile radius_service_check by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The RADIUS Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding NTP for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for NTP monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select NTP. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the NTP availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the NTP availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the NTP availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the NTP availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile ntp_discovery by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The NTP Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding Domain for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for Domain monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select Domain. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the NTP availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the Domain availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the Domain availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the Domain availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile domain_check_motadata by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The Domain Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding DNS for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for DNS monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select DNS. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the DNS availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the DNS availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the DNS availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the DNS availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Lookup Address | Specify the Lookup Address of the DNS server. |
| DNS Type | Select the DNS record type that you want to monitor. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The DNS Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding FTP for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for FTP monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select FTP. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the FTP availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the FTP availability needs to be checked. - URL: The IP/Host for which the FTP availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the FTP availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Username | Specify the Username of the FTP server. |
| Password | Specify the Password of the FTP server. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile ftp_check_pmg_server by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The FTP Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding Email for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for Email monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select Email. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the Email availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the Email availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the Email availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the Email availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Security Type | Select the security type of the Email server. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile email_discovery by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The Email Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.
Adding SSL for Monitoring
1. Create a Discovery Profile
Let us create a discovery profile for SSL monitoring.
Navigation
Go to Menu. Select Settings . After that, Go to Discovery Settings and select Discovery Profile. The discovery profile screen is displayed. Select Create Discovery Profile to create a new discovery profile.
A new screen to create the discovery profile is now displayed. Server is selected by default. Select Service Check to create the discovery profile for service check.
Discovery Profile Parameters
Enter the required details in the screen as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery Profile Name | Provide a unique Discovery Profile Name. This name is used to identify a discovery profile. |
| Type | Select the type of service check from the dropdown. In this case, select SSL. |
| Collectors | Select one or more Collectors that should be used for collecting data from the devices discovered using this Discovery Profile. Select multiple Collectors for load balancing and failover mechanism. In case you don’t select a Collector, the AIOps shall automatically select a relevant collector to leverage the load balancing feature. |
Ensure that you select correct Collector(s) based on how you want to distribute the load across all Collectors
| Agent | Use this toggle button to turn ON/OFF the monitoring through agent. |
| Agents | Select the agent that you want to use to discover the selected service check on a target device. This field is only available if you turn the toggle button ON in the previous field. |
| Groups | Select one or more Groups that will be assigned to the monitors you provision using this discovery profile. |
| Target Type | The target on which the SSL availability needs to be checked: - Monitor: The monitor on which the SSL availability needs to be checked. - IP/Host: The IP/Host for which the SSL availability needs to be checked. |
| Target | Specify the target monitor(s)/IP on which the SSL availability needs to be checked. |
| Tags | Select the tags that you need to assign to the discovered monitors using the discovery profile. |
| Port | The default port is already specified. You can change the default port if required. |
| Notify via E-mail and Notify via SMS | The system allows notifying users about a discovery run through E-mail and SMS. - Specify E-mail addresses (comma separated) in the Notify via E-mail field to trigger email notifications. - Specify mobile numbers (comma separated) in the Notify via SMS to send SMS notifications. |
Select Reset to erase all the current field values, if required.
Select Save and Exit if you have created the discovery profile but do do want to execute a discovery run.
Select Save and Run if you want execute the discovery run immediately after creation.
We have created a discovery profile SSL_Youtube by configuring all the details. After selecting, Save and Run, we have initiated a discovery run which leads us to our next step, which is, Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors.
2. Provision the Discovered Devices as Monitors
After initiating the discovery profile execution, AIOps starts the process to discover the devices.
Once the discovery execution is complete, the list of all the devices discovered is displayed. Select the devices that you want to be listed as Monitors in the system.
Click on Add Selected Objects to add the selected devices as Monitors. These devices listed as Monitors will now be monitored further by AIOps.
These devices can be viewed under the Monitor tab from the Main Menu. Select the Monitor tab from the main menu. After that, Select Service Check to view all the monitors that are added to the system.
The SSL Service Check is now successfully added to AIOps.