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.