Discovery

This plugin can be integrated with Pandora FMS Discovery.

To do so, you must load the “.disco” package, which can be downloaded from the Pandora FMS library:

https://marketplace.pandorafms.com/

Once loaded, Prometheus instances  Discovery tasks from the Management > Discovery > App section.

For each task, the following minimum information will be requested:

• Url: Prometheus instance URL
• Tentacle IP: Tentacle address
• Tentacle port: Tentacle port
• Tentacle extra options: Tentacle extra options
  
  
  
  On the next page, we will be asked for the following:
  

• Agent Name: Name for the principal agent
• Use prefix: Prefix for created agents
• Prefix: Prefix for created agents
• Auth basic: Enable for basic authentication check
• Username: User for the prometheus instance (only required if basic authentication is configured)
• Password: Password for the prometheus instance (only required if basic authentication is configured)

• Custom queries: Here you can define custom queries. The format is one query per line and is as follows: < Metric name > = < Custom query >. For example:
  
  

  

  
  
• Define tresholds: Here you can define the thresholds for the modules generated by custom queries. The format is a definition of thresholds per line and is as follows: < Desired thresholds in the module, separated by “|” >. For example: 
  
  

  

  
  
  
• Define agents: Here you can define the creation of agents for modules generated by custom queries. The format is one definition per line and is as follows: < Name of the new agent. All metrics that do not specify an agent will be included in the main agent >. For example: 

Successfully completed tasks will have an execution summary with the following information:

• Total agents : Total number of agents generated by the task.
• Total modules: Total number of modules generated by the task.