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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...

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...

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 inver...

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

The main configuration files that we may need to modify or review are the following: /etc/pandora/pandora_server.conf: Main configuration file of the Pandora FMS server. If you modify something there, you will have to restart the Pandora FMS server. /etc/p...

The community forum is open to anyone, you can create an account and ask: https://pandorafms.com/community/ We have a list of frequently asked questions in the knowledge base that may give you a hint or directly a solution to a specific problem: https...

The purpose of this guide is to introduce you to Pandora FMS in a quick and concise way, to someone who is not familiar ith the tool, but who has medium/high knowledge of networks and systems. The goal is not going through all of Pandora FMS features, but rath...

This installation method is particularly useful when the environment is hosted by cloud providers, although it is not exclusive to these types of environments. The term "Cloud provider" (or just "Cloud") is used to describe virtual machine hosting, either exc...

Have access to the Internet. Specific web addresses: For the Open version (ICMP): firefly.pandoafms.com support.pandorafms.com For the Open version (HTTPS): https://pandorafms.com https://firefly.pandorafms.com/pandorafms/ https://dl.fedorap...

Once installed, the system should boot up and, after a few seconds, display the terminal to log in. The first step should be to know the IP address that the system has assigned, to be able to connect to the server from outside. To do this, type the following c...

This section is only for Enterprise version users. If you wish to request a demo, please contact us. If you have a Metaconsole license, you may skip this step, since this type of license automatically activates each associated node. It is important not to st...

This section is for Enterprise version users only. If you wish to evaluate a demo, please contact us. After activating the license, the Enterprise server must be started. You may connect to Pandora FMS server through a command terminal (local or remote) or th...

In the side menu go to the Management → Discovery → Host&Devices section. Click Net Scan, this will allow you to create a scanning task. It will create the task as follows: You will have to modify only the network range to be scanned, in this capture it i...

Wait for the whole network to be detected. Once finished, access the agent detail view (left-side menu Operation → Monitoring → Views → Agent detail) to see all detected systems. You may see several systems that were correctly detected by Pandora FMS. ...

For that it is imperative for SNMP to be configured on the remote device. This usually needs to be enabled and with a minimum configuration that allows querying data. SNMP devices allow you to configure the IP addresses that can make queries and with which com...

Remote plugins are user-defined checks that use a script or a program that was deployed on Pandora FMS server, so that it can be used for monitoring, expanding the set of things it can do. In this section we will add a remote plugin preconfigured in Pandora FM...

In this case we are going to add monitoring to verify that an SMTP (email) service is active on a machine. Although it can be a very complex check (simulating that user and password credentials are sent, that an email is sent, etc.) it will be simplified by on...

Of course, more advanced tasks can be carried out, such as alerts on events, correlation, etc. The first alert to create is sending an email when one of the monitored machines goes offline (with the Host alive module). Pandora FMS alerts are made up by three ...

For the correct functioning of the email command, it is necessary to configure in pandora_server.conf file a mail server that allows to make relay. In the example, the mail server located in our localhost through Postfix. You should enter the IP address of th...

As indicated before, alerts in Pandora FMS are made up by 3 parts: Command, Action and Template. You may find these options in the Alerts section. In order to configure this alert just modify the action, so the Alert actions option will be used. The section...