Configuration in Pandora

To configure the plugin in PandoraFMS, the following steps must be followed: 

 1.Upload the plugin to PandoraFMS, for example in the following path: 

 /etc/pandora/plugin 

 2. Go to the plugins section and create a new one: 

 

 

 3. Name, description and timeout are added: 

 

 4. The path to the plugin is added to the command and the necessary parameters for the execution of the plugin are added. 

 For each parameter a macro must be configured, being the syntax of this macro the following : _fieldx_, where x is the positional number of the parameter, for example in the following image we see the parameters that are necessary to use to subscribe to a topic and receive messages. 

 

 5. Configure the above macros, adding in each one the value of the parameter: 

 

 

 6. Once configured, you should create a module in an agent that executes the plugin. In the modules menu of an agent we create a new plugin type module: 

 

 7.In the module configuration menu, give it a name, select the previously configured plugin and click on "create". 

 

 8.In the agent selected with the --agent_name parameter, a new module of list format will be created, which will contain the messages received by the plugin execution.