Adjust Monitoring

• Module Advanced Properties
• Module Unit Setup
• Module Interval Setup
• Module Threshold Setup
• Threshold Advanced Parameters
• Other Advanced Parameters

Module Advanced Properties

Go to the agent modules view.

Select the module you wish to configure.

Then open the Advanced Options tab and proceed to configure the desired fields.

In the next two sections you will see how to configure the Unit and Interval fields and the Warning Status and Critical Status thresholds.

Module Unit Setup

It allows  to define the units of the data obtained in a module. This unit will be included in graphs and reports, so that it is easier to interpret the data displayed to the user.

For example, if you have % as unit: Go to the Unit field and type the desired unit.

Finally, click the Update button to save and verify that the unit is correctly displayed in the module view.

Module Interval Setup

Configuring or modifying the module interval will define how often the module is executed. This affects remote modules (not running locally), since local modules are configured in a somewhat more complex way. The more frequently a remote system is monitored, the more load it will generate on the system.

Click Update and the module will be configured.

Module Threshold Setup

In this section you will configure the Warning and Critical thresholds for a module with the values that a module must have to be in a CRITICAL, WARNING or NORMAL state.

In this example you have a CPU module to add thresholds to. This module will always be in NORMAL (green) state as long as it is between 0% and 100%. If you want this module to be displayed in Critical or Warning status when the CPU reaches a certain percentage, you must configure it by determining the desired Warning Status and Critical Status thresholds. In this example for when the CPU reaches 90% usage the module will switch to Warning status and if it exceeds 95%, it will switch to Critical.

After configuring the thresholds, just click Update and the thresholds will be correctly configured. The next data received will already interpret these thresholds.

Threshold Advanced Parameters

The Inverse interval checkbox is used to define non-contiguous ranges. In this example, the module will change to the critical state if the value is below 20 or above 80:

In string modules, the threshold is defined as a substring. Similarly, it can be inverted so that the module goes into CRITICAL if it does not contain the substring passed as parameter:

Other Advanced Parameters

Module configuration is very flexible, with dozens of possibilities. In Pandora FMS documentation you may discover all of them.