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Pre requisites

INSTALL THE PANDORA FMS CENTRAL SERVER

To install the Pandora FMS Mainframe Server, decompress the tar file:

tar zxvf pandorafms_mf_server-X.Y.tar.gz && cd mf_server

Then run the installer as root:

./mf_server_installer --install

Edit the configuration file /etc/pandora/mf_server.conf, set the server_ip, and customize the rest of the parameters according to your needs.

Configuration options for mf_server.conf

  • agent_conf_dir: Directory where the agent configuration files are stored.
  • group: Group where the agents will be placed (must already exist in the Pandora FMS console).
  • agent_interval: Agent interval (shared by all agents).
  • conf_interval: Interval for checking remote configuration.
  • daemon: Run in background if set to 1.
  • log_file: Server log file.
  • module_interval: Module execution interval (shared by all modules).
  • module_threads: Number of threads for module execution.
  • pandora_license: Pandora FMS Enterprise license.
  • remote_config: Enable (1) or disable (0) remote configuration.
  • server_ip: Tentacle server address.
  • server_path: Path where XML files are copied (used if transfer mode is set to local).
  • server_port: Tentacle server port.
  • temporal: Temporary directory where XML files are created.
  • tentacle_client: Full path to the Tentacle client.
  • timeout: Timeout for HTTP GET requests in seconds.
  • transfer_mode: Transfer mode. Only tentacle and local are supported.
  • xml_buffer: Enable (1) or disable (0) XML buffer.
  • temporal_min_size: Minimum available bytes in the temporary directory required to enable the XML buffer.

INSTALL THE PANDORA FMS Z/OS CONSOLE EXTENSION

To install the Z/OS console extension, run the following command from the mf_server directory:

cp -r ./extensions/* /var/www/pandora_console/enterprise/extensions/

If your Pandora FMS console is installed in a different path, adjust the command accordingly.

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