Adjust monitoring
In this section we will see how to configure some of the advanced options of a module (thresholds, units, others).

Advanced module properties
Navigate to the agent's módulos view. 

 

 Select the desired module to configure. 

 

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

 

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

Configuration of the units of a module
Allows defining the units of the data obtained in a module. This unit will be included in graphs and reports, making it easier to interpret the data displayed to the user. 

 For example having as unit  % : Placeúese inside the  Unit  field and type the desired unit. 

 

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

Setting the interval of a module
Configuring or modifying the module interval defines how often the module runs. This affects remote modules (not running locally), as local modules are configured in a slightly more complex way. The more frequently a remote system is monitored, the more load it will generate on the system. 

 

 Click on the Update button and you have configured the module.

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

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

 

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

Advanced threshold parameters
The box  Inverse interval  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-type modules, the threshold is defined as a substring. Similarly, it can be inverted so that the module goes to  CRITICAL  if  no  contains the substring passed as a par meter: 

 

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Other advanced parameters
The configuration of a module is very flexible, with dozens of possibilities. In the Pandora FMS documentation we can discover all of them.