5. Detecting and monitoring network and Windows devices with Discovery

Let's now look at a discovery task that is more complex than the previous one, this time configuring SNMP and WMI, two protocols used to remotely monitor both network devices (SNMP) and MS Windows® (WMI).

Menu Management → Discovery → Host & Devices → Network scan.

The configuration process is similar to the previous one, this time selecting the advanced mode, and we will access the discovery task configuration options at the bottom:

To enable monitoring with SNMP and WMI, we must activate the corresponding token and provide the data required by each protocol.

• SNMP uses "communities," which are like access passwords. If you do not know your SNMP community, try public. You can enter as many as you like, and they will all be tested.
• Credentials for the WMI service (and others) can be defined in Management → Configuration → Credential store.

The credential store is a secure vault for username/password pairs that are later used in remote checks, equipment configurations, remote access, etc. This allows them to be reused at different points within Pandora FMS:

We will also enable the Review results token, which will allow us to see the components found by Pandora FMS in the discovery task once it finishes, displaying what has been found and allowing it to be added to the agent's remote monitoring with a single click.

If you do not need further monitoring or configuration, let's move on to metric alerts here.

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