Introduction

 
The purpose of the Pandora IOT integration is to monitor messages received from an mqtt broker server.

For this, the integration makes use of an MQTT broker server, which opens the possibility of subscribing to a topic to receive messages and a Discovery plugin, which allows configuring a filtering of these messages and visualizing the post-processing of these messages in the PandoraFMS console through agents and modules that are sent via XML to the Pandora server.

The monitoring of IoT (Internet of Things) devices allows to supervise in real time the status of connected equipment and sensors, facilitating fast and effective decision making. By integrating these devices into monitoring systems, companies can detect problems in advance, optimize their operations and reduce downtime.

Why is it useful to monitor IoT devices?
 
Imagine you have temperature sensors in an industrial plant and the MQTT server receives messages with temperature values every minute, the integration can filter those values that are out of the acceptable range (e.g. > 80°C) and generate an alert module in PandoraFMS, which can help prevent problems and protect against possible incidents.