# Discovery

This plugin can be integrated with Pandora FMS Discovery.

To do so, you must load the ".disco" package that you can download from the Pandora FMS library:

[https://marketplace.pandorafms.com/entries/pandorafms.proxmox](https://marketplace.pandorafms.com/entries/pandorafms.proxmox)

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Once loaded, Proxmox environments can be monitored by creating Discovery tasks from the Management > Discovery > Apps section.

The following minimum data will be requested for each task:

- **Proxmox host:** Proxmox IP.
- **Port**: Proxmox port (8006 by default).
- **Proxmox user:** Proxmox user
- **Password Authentication**: Click to enable password authentication
- **Password:** proxmox password
- **API token**: Authentication: Click to enable authentication via API token
- **Token Name**: API token name
- **Token Password:** API token password
- **Tentacle IP**: Tentacle IP
- **Tentacle port:** Tentacle port
- **Tentacle extra options**: Tentacle extra options
- **Tentacle client path:** Tentacle custom path
- **Agent name prefix:** Prefix for the name of the generated agents.

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It will also be possible to adjust the task settings to customize the desired monitoring:

- **Scan VMs :** Activate to enable monitoring of virtual machines.
- **Scan LXC:** Activate to enable monitoring of LXC containers.
- **Scan backups:** Activate to enable backup monitoring.
- **Scan nodes:** Activate to enable node monitoring.
- **Scan Data center:** Activate to enable data center monitoring.
- **Scan Storage:** Activate to enable storage monitoring.

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

- **Total agents** : Total number of agents generated by the task.
- **Vms agents** : Total number of vms agents created by the task.
- **LXC agents** : Total number of lxc containers agents created by the task.
- **Nodes Agents** : Total number of node agents created by the task.
- **Storage Agents:** Total number of storage agents created by the task.

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