https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/ 2026-06-04T18:47:06+00:00 https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/ https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/_media/wiki/favicon.ico text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/01_ssh_and_ftp_setup?rev=1718030054&do=diff Configuring SSH and/or FTP to Receive Data Introduction The standard transfer method in Pandora FMS to send files, Tentacle, needs the Perl programming language installed. Some devices, such as ESX systems (UNIX), lack this tool. When this happens, the alternatives are to use text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/02_pandorafms_sms_gateway?rev=1718030054&do=diff Installation and Configuration of Pandora FMS and SMS Gateway About the GSM device A special GSM device is used to send SMS via a serial port (USB). You can use either another similar GSM model, or a cell phone with USB or serial connection. The device used here is an text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/03_capacity_planning?rev=1718030054&do=diff Volumetric and capacity studies Capacity study Introduction Pandora FMS is a quite complex distributed application that has several key elements, that could be a bottleneck if it is not measured and configured correctly. The main aim of this study is to detail the scalability of Pandora FMS regarding on an specific serial of parameters text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/05_hwg-ste_sensor?rev=1718030054&do=diff Configuring a HWg-STE Sensor HWg-STE Temperature Sensor Configuration Introduction In this configuration quick guide we're going to learn, step by step, how to use Pandora to monitor a HWg-STE Temperature Sensor. We will assign alerts via eMail and generate a basic report as well. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/06_energy_efficiency?rev=1718030054&do=diff Energy Efficiency with Pandora FMS Energy Efficiency with Pandora FMS Sustainability and energy efficiency mean saving, a goal that both hardware and software manufacturers intend to achieve through different methods, strategies and tools. Pandora FMS can integrate all of them in a single tool and this seccion describes IPMI support. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/07_backup_and_restore_procedures?rev=1718030054&do=diff Backup and Restore Procedures Backup procedure Database backup Firstly, make a backup of the existing database. There are two methods available to make such backup. If a history database is used, perform its backup as well. Manual backup Open a terminal window with the appropriate user credentials and enter the following commands (enter the access credentials for the database): text/html 2026-02-16T14:26:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/08_password_encryption?rev=1771252017&do=diff Password encryption Password encryption in Pandora FMS Pandora FMS supports database-stored password encryption. The encryption key is generated from a user-provided password and is not stored in the database (neither the key nor the password) so that passwords cannot be recovered from a database dump. Once the password is configured, encryption is visible for the user. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/09_selinux_configuration_for_pandora_fms?rev=1718030054&do=diff SELinux configuration for Pandora FMS Introduction In Pandora FMS the installation should always be done with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux ) deactivated. After the installation and due to the need to have it enabled in some environments, we're going to detail the configuration settings in CentOS 7. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/10_share_var_spool_directory_between_several_pandora_servers?rev=1718030054&do=diff Network File System (772 version) Sorry, the requested topic was removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation. Please check the last version in which it was published, the 772. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/11_mod_proxy?rev=1718030054&do=diff Metaconsole configuration with reverse proxy This article uses CentOS 6, an operating system that has completed its End-of-life product cycle. Introduction Let's assume that Pandora FMS serve customers with direct access to the meta, which is the only one that is operational outward with a public IP and customers have not direct access to the nodes below it there. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/12_saml?rev=1718030054&do=diff SAML Single Sign-On with Pandora FMS SAML Single Sign-On with Pandora FMS SAML is an XML-based open standard for authentication and authorization. Pandora FMS can work as a service provider with your internal SAML identity provider. Administrators are always authenticated against the local database. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/13_geoserver_installation?rev=1718030054&do=diff Geoserver configuration and installation Geoserver installation for its use with Pandora FMS This documentation has been tested with GeoServer version 2.13.0. This guide is designed to provide a minimal test environment. To set up a production environment, review the text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/15_security_architecture?rev=1718030054&do=diff Security Architecture Security Architecture The purpose of this document is to describe the security elements of each Pandora FMS component, so that the administrator knows them and knows how to use them to implement a more secure architecture, in accordance with regulations such as PCI / DSS, ISO 27001, ENS, LOPD or similar. In addition, this file provides a specific description of the security mechanisms of each Pandora FMS element, possible risks as well as the way to minimize them, using… text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/16_elastic_search_backup?rev=1718030054&do=diff Elastic Search Backup Backup and restore of ElasticSearch (ELK) Data migration from an ElasticSearch server using Snapshots is relatively quick. First, a backup of the server's data is made and then saved to a repository for later restoration. Snapshot text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/17_compatible_selenium_commands?rev=1718030054&do=diff Compatible Selenium Commands Compatible commands list These commands are used in the “UX and WUX User Experience Monitoring”. Internal Commands * run Runs a test. * build_transaction Preconstructs a transaction based on the past test (internal). * get_transaction Returns the current transaction, always used to retrieve the results, the order of the phases and the variables. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/18_php_8?rev=1718030054&do=diff Upgrading from PHP 7 to PHP 8 Prerequisites * Open a terminal window with the root user and enter the following command: php --version You will get an answer similar to the following: PHP 7.4.29 (cli) (built: Apr 12 2022 10:55:38) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/19_mysql_8?rev=1718030054&do=diff Upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8 Prerequisites To migrate from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8 you must be upgraded to at least PFMS version NG 760 MR 52. * Open a terminal window with the root user and enter the following command: mysql --version text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/20_ha_centos7?rev=1718030054&do=diff Database High Availability on CentOS 7 We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. CentOS 7 will soon reach its End of Life (EOL). This documentation is preserved for historical purposes. High Availability in the Database text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/21_migration_to_another_system?rev=1718030054&do=diff Migrating to another system There can be many reasons to migrate a PFMS server and its Web Console, which are generally on the same real machine or virtual machine (Pandora FMS monolith environment). Possible examples: * A new version of Pandora FMS might require a different operating system, for example, migrating from CentOS 7 to Rocky Linux 8 or from Rocky Linux 8 to RedHat Enterprise (RHEL) 8. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/22_pfms_report_types?rev=1718030054&do=diff Report Types Graphs Simple graph Shows the simple graph of a Module. * Common Fields. * Label: Label that can be assigned to the element. The same macros indicated can be used for Name. * Time lapse: Time interval over which the report will be calculated (from the present moment). text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/23_pfms_acl_enterprise_system?rev=1718030054&do=diff ACL Enterprise System We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Introduction The Open Source ACL model is based on unix style: role/action/group/user (4 items). [Enterprise Version]The Enterprise ACL system allows defining -according to profile- which pages (defined one by one or by text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/24_pfms_scheduled_downtimes?rev=1718030054&do=diff Scheduled Service Downtimes Introduction Pandora FMS has a system for managing scheduled service downtimes through the menu Management → Alerts → Scheduled downtime. This system allows alerts to be deactivated in intervals where there is a service downtime, deactivating the agents. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/25_pfms_new_wizard_component?rev=1718030054&do=diff Wizard Components Within the capabilities of the wizard/ SNMP and wizard WMI, there are remote component types called Wizard components. These components allow establishing a base configuration for the modules that will be generated in the agents when executing any of the text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/26_pfms_list_of_special_days?rev=1718030054&do=diff List of special days We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Introduction Pandora FMS allows you to define lists of special days for holidays and vacations that can be used in the template configuration so that during those days the alerts are not triggered or behave as they would on another day of the week. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/27_pfms_db_management?rev=1718030054&do=diff Database Management from the Console We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. The core of the Pandora FMS system is its database. It stores all the data collected by the monitored systems, the configuration of the agents, the alerts, the events, the audit data, the different users and their data. That is, all the data in the system. text/html 2026-03-05T18:14:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/28_pfms_file_collections?rev=1772734453&do=diff File Collections We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. File Collections [Enterprise Version]The file collections are resources used to massively deploy the scripts or plugins to later be used in Software Agents, Policy s of monitoring on agents and in the text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/29_pfms_ha_percona_xtradb?rev=1718030054&do=diff HA Environments with Percona XtraDB Cluster The requested issue was removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation in version 775. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/30_pfms_install_latest_ubuntu_server?rev=1718030054&do=diff Pandora FMS installation guide on Ubuntu server We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Prerequisites * Ubuntu server 22.04 with root. user rights * Internet connection. Basic tools text/html 2024-12-10T22:39:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/31_pfms_install_latest_rocky_linux?rev=1733870386&do=diff Pandora FMS Installation Guide on Rocky Linux We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Prerequisites * Rocky Linux 8 with root. user rights * Internet connection. Repository Settings dnf install -y \ epel-release \ tar \ dnf-utils \ http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/32_pfms_install_software_agent?rev=1718030054&do=diff Installation of Pandora FMS Agents For the online installation of the Pandora FMS Software Agent, see the section “Online installation of Pandora FMS Software Agent”. Keep in mind that in order to encrypt communications through the Tentacle protocol between the software agents and their respective PFMS servers, it will be necessary to previously have SSL certificates and keys. Visit the section text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/33_pfms_fast_deployment?rev=1718030054&do=diff Monitoring of many machines quickly We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Introduction This guide aims to show the user how to quickly and efficiently manage a large number of machines (5,10,50,500 text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/34_pfms_templates_policies_massives?rev=1718030054&do=diff Differences between Templates, Policies and Bulk Operations We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Differences between Templates, Policies and Bulk Operations The three concepts may seem similar, but in practice they work and have different objectives. This section will explain the differences and how to make correct use of each tool. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/35_pfms_configuration_emails_alerts?rev=1718030054&do=diff Configuration of email alerts We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Quick email configuration guide for alerts in Pandora FMS Email configuration with Gmail account In order for the Pandora server to be able to send alerts via Gmail account email, we need to have Pandora and Postfix configured as follows: text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/36_pfms_double_authentication_setup?rev=1718030054&do=diff Configuring double authentication for a user account We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Two-Step Authentication Quick Setup Guide Double authentication has been positioning itself for years as one of the best options to increase the security of a user account. As of version 6.0, Pandora FMS incorporates this functionality by integrating with the Google solution called text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/37_pfms_elasticsearch_cluster?rev=1718030054&do=diff Configuring an Elasticsearch Cluster We are working on the translation of the Pandora FMS documentation. Sorry for any inconvenience. Requirements * First you must follow the steps of installation and configuration in each node. * The minimum size of an Elasticsearch server cluster is 3 nodes and it should always grow by odd numbers to make use of the quorum system and ensure data integrity. text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/38_opensearch_installation?rev=1718030054&do=diff OpenSearch installation and configuration To configure Pandora FMS with OpenSearch see “Log collection and monitoring”. Server Requirements It is advisable to distribute Pandora FMS server and OpenSearch on independent servers. * Rocky Linux 8 / RHEL 8 / Ubuntu 22.04 (recommended operating systems). text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/39_exec_server_configuration?rev=1718030054&do=diff Exec server PFMS configuration At the end of this configuration process, an SSH connection with digital key will have been established for the automated monitoring processes. In a Logical Agent already created and with the remote configuration enabled, a user (for example text/html 2024-06-10T14:34:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!776/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/start?rev=1718030054&do=diff 7. Technical Annexes technical_annexes index