Configuration
The Pandora plugin configuration file for Citrix NetScaler allows you to specify the following parameters:
#================================================================
# Citrix NetScaler Plugin conf file
#================================================================
# Citrix NetScaler API configuration
ns_url = http://mycitrixns/nitro/v1/stat/
ns_user = username
ns_pass = password
# Services to be analized
# ns_services=service_name;value
# value = 0 -> main information
# value = 1 -> child information
ns_services=lbvserver;1
ns_services=system;0
# modules to be gathered
# comment to disable filter
modules_list = state,status,vbshealth,primaryaddress,cpuusage,disk1avail,memusagepcnt,powersupply2status
#,cursrvrconnections,establishedconn,totalrequests,totalrequestbytes,responsesrate,totalresponses,totalresponsebytes,vslbhealth
# NetScaler Agent configuration
agent_name = ns1.gslbi.dexmedia.com
# Agent configuration
agent_interval = 300
agent_group = Load Balancer
# Module interval
module_interval = 1
module_tags = Networking
module_group =
# Pandora API configuration
api_url = http://inna.lab.artica.lan/pandora_console/include/api.php
api_user = admin
api_user_pass = pandora
api_pass = 1234
# Pandora Server configuration
mode = tentacle
tentacle_ip = inna.lab.artica.lan
tentacle_port = 41121
tentacle_opts =
tentacle_client = "C:\Program Files\pandora_agent\util\tentacle_client.exe"
temp = .
ns_url, ns_user, ns_pass
Basic information (required) to connect to NetScaler.
ns_services
Services to be analyzed (0→belong to the main agent - netscaler, 1→belong to the service agents).
modules_list
List of modules to be generated.
agent_interval
Interval of the agents created.
agent_group
Group of the agents created.
module_interval
Interval of the modules.
module_group_group
Module group (classification).
mode
It can be tentacle or local. If you set local, you must specify a destination folder where the .data files containing the agent information extracted from NetScaler will be delivered.