https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/ 2026-06-04T02:51:29+00:00 https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/ https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/_media/wiki/favicon.ico text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/01_ssh_and_ftp_setup?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuring SSH and/or FTP to Receive Data Introduction The standard transfer method in Pandora FMS to transmit files, Tentacle, needs the Perl programming language installed. Some devices, such as ESX (UNIX) systems, lack this tool. When this happens, the alternatives are to use text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/02_pandorafms_sms_gateway?rev=1759534911&do=diff Hardware configuration for SMS sending About the GSM device A special GSM device is used to send SMS through a serial port (USB). You may use either another similar GSM model, or a cell phone with USB or serial connection. The device used here is a text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/03_capacity_planning?rev=1759534911&do=diff Volumetric and capacity studies Introduction Pandora FMS is a complex distributed application that has different key elements, susceptible to represent a bottleneck if it is not sized and configured correctly. The purpose of this chapter is to help to carry out a capacity study, text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/05_hwg-ste_sensor?rev=1759534911&do=diff HWg-STE Temperature Sensor Configuration Introduction This quick configuration guide explains how to use Pandora FMS to monitor a HWg-STE temperature sensor with email alerts and a basic report. Installation and configuration Step 1. Installing Pandora FMS text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/06_energy_efficiency?rev=1759534911&do=diff Energy Efficiency with Pandora FMS Introduction Sustainability and energy efficiency represent savings, a goal that different manufacturers, both software and hardware, pursue with different methods, strategies and tools. Pandora FMS can integrate them all into a single tool and support IPMI. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/07_backup_and_restore_procedures?rev=1759534911&do=diff Backup and Restore Procedures Backup procedure Database backup First, 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 text/html 2026-02-16T12:39:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/08_password_encryption?rev=1771245579&do=diff Password encryption Pandora FMS allows to encrypt the passwords stored in the database. The encryption key is generated from a user-supplied password and is not stored in the database (neither the password nor the key), so that passwords cannot be recovered from a database dump. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/09_selinux_configuration_for_pandora_fms?rev=1759534911&do=diff SELinux configuration for Pandora FMS Introduction In Pandora FMS, the installation should always be done with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) deactivated. After its installation, and due to the need to have it activated in some environments, the configuration settings for different GNU/Linux distributions are detailed. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/10_share_var_spool_directory_between_several_pandora_servers?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/11_mod_proxy?rev=1759534911&do=diff Command Center (Metaconsole) configuration with reverse proxy Introduction Let us suppose that Pandora FMS provides its service to clients that only have direct access to the Command Center (Metaconsole), which is the only one that is operative towards the outside with its public IP and they do not have direct access to the nodes below it. This would be the scenario proposed at this point. text/html 2025-12-03T12:04:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/12_saml?rev=1764763472&do=diff SAML Single Sign-On with Pandora FMS SAML is an open standard for authentication and authorization based on XML. Pandora FMS can function as a service provider with its internal SAML identity provider. Administrators always authenticate against the local database. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/13_geoserver_installation?rev=1759534911&do=diff Geoserver configuration and installation Introduction This guide is intended for a minimal test environment. To set up a production environment, please check out the GeoServer documentation. This documentation was tested with GeoServer version 2.13.0. GeoServer is an application written in Java, so a JRE v8 is required to run it. It can also be launched using a Java application server such as Tomcat. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/15_security_architecture?rev=1759534911&do=diff Security Architecture Introduction The security elements of each Pandora FMS component are described, according to regulations such as PCI/DSS, ISO 27001, ENS, LOPD and similar. In addition, a specific description of the security mechanisms of each Pandora FMS element is included, as well as the possible risks and the way to mitigate them, using the tools available in Pandora FMS or other possible mechanisms. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/16_elastic_search_backup?rev=1759534911&do=diff Elasticsearch Backup and Restore (version 781) This topic has been removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation. Consult the last version in which it was published, the 781. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/17_compatible_selenium_commands?rev=1759534911&do=diff Compatible Selenium Commands See the topic WUX monitoring with WUX server and Selenium 3. Back to Pandora FMS Documentation Index text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/18_php_8?rev=1759534911&do=diff Upgrading from PHP 7 to PHP 8 Prerequisites * Open a terminal window with user root or equivalent, execute php -v. * Verify that version 7.x is installed. * It is recommended to perform a backup. Rocky Linux 8/AlmaLinux 8/RHEL 8 Updating to PHP 8.0 text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/19_mysql_8?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/20_ha_centos7?rev=1759534911&do=diff Database High Availability on CentOS 7 (v. 778) This topic has been removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation. Consult the last version in which it was published, the 778. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/21_migration_to_another_system?rev=1759534911&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 Rocky Linux 8 to RedHat Enterprise (RHEL) 8. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/22_pfms_report_types?rev=1759534911&do=diff Report Types Graphs Simple graph It shows the simple graph of a Module. * Label: Label that may be assigned to the element. The same macros indicated may be used for Name. * Time lapse: Time interval over which the report will be calculated (from the present moment). text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/23_pfms_advanced_acl_system?rev=1759534911&do=diff ACL Advanced System Introduction The ACL model is based on Unix® style: role/action/group/user (4 items). The Advanced ACL system allows defining -according to profile- which pages (defined one by one or by “groups”) have access users. This will allow you to redefine which sections of the interface a user can see. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/24_pfms_scheduled_downtimes?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/25_pfms_new_wizard_component?rev=1759534911&do=diff Wizard Components Introduction 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 Wizard (SNMP or WMI). It also offers the possibility of dynamically generating several modules with a single component. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/26_pfms_list_of_special_days?rev=1759534911&do=diff List of special days Introduction Pandora FMS allows defining lists of special days for holidays and vacations that may be used for configuring templates so that during those days, alerts may not be triggered (executed following an appropriate event) or perform as they would on any other day of the week. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/27_pfms_db_management?rev=1759534911&do=diff Database Management from the Console 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 2026-03-05T17:41:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/28_pfms_file_collections?rev=1772732474&do=diff File Collections File Collections The file collections are resources used to massively deploy the scripts or plugins to later be used in Software Agents, Policies of monitoring on agents and Satellite servers. It is accessed from the menu Configuration → Collections. To create a new collection of files, click the Create text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/29_pfms_ha_percona_xtradb?rev=1759534911&do=diff HA Environments with Percona XtraDB Cluster The requested issue was removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation in version 775. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/30_pfms_install_latest_ubuntu_server?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/31_pfms_install_latest_rocky_linux?rev=1759534911&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 text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/32_pfms_install_software_agent?rev=1759534911&do=diff Installation of Pandora FMS Agents For Pandora FMS Software Agent online installation see section “Pandora FMS Software Agent Online Installation”. Please note that in order to encrypt communications through the Tentacle protocol between the software agents and their corresponding PFMS servers, it will be necessary to have SSL certificates and keys. Please visit section text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/33_pfms_fast_deployment?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/34_pfms_templates_policies_massives?rev=1759534911&do=diff Differences between Templates, Policies and Bulk Operations The three concepts may seem similar but in practice they work and have different objectives. This topic will explain the differences and how to make correct use of each tool. Plantillas text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/35_pfms_configuration_emails_alerts?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuration of email alerts Introduction Pandora FMS has several notification mechanisms for the alert system and a key pillar for that is e-mail message forwarding. Before activating email alerts, you should configure the parameters for the email in Pandora FMS server through the Web Console. Action Configuration text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/36_pfms_double_authentication_setup?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuring double authentication for a user account Two-Step Authentication Quick Setup Guide For years, double authentication has been positioned as one of the best options to increase user account security. Starting with version 6.0, Pandora FMS text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/37_pfms_elasticsearch_cluster?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuring an Elasticsearch Cluster (version 781) This topic has been removed from the official Pandora FMS documentation. Consult the last version in which it was published, the 781. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/38_opensearch_installation?rev=1759534911&do=diff OpenSearch installation and configuration To configure Pandora FMS with OpenSearch see “Log collection and monitoring” and “SIEM 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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/39_exec_server_configuration?rev=1759534911&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 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/40_pfms_open_install_rocky_linux?rev=1759534911&do=diff Installing Pandora FMS Open on Rocky Linux Pandora FMS Open installation in Rocky Linux 8 with root user rights and internet connection. Online installation for EL 9 (Rocky Linux 9, RHEL 9): curl -SsL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pandorafms/pandorafms/develop/extras/deploy-scripts/pandora_deploy_community_el9_gh.sh | bash text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/42_pfms_open_install_ubuntu?rev=1759534911&do=diff Installing Pandora FMS Open on Ubuntu Installation on Ubuntu server 22.04.1 or 22.04.2 with root user rights, systemd enabled and internet connection. Online installation for Ubuntu (22.04 LTS): curl -SsL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pandorafms/pandorafms/develop/extras/deploy-scripts/pandora_deploy_community_ubuntu_2204_gh.sh | bash text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/44_upgrade_from_772_to_777?rev=1759534911&do=diff Migration process from 772 to 777 Prerequisites Pandora FMS version 772 with MySQL 5.7 and PHP 8.0 must be installed. The final versions installed after following these instructions will be Pandora FMS version 777 with MySQL 8 and PHP 8.2. Migration and upgrade through OUM text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/45_simplesaml_2_local?rev=1759534911&do=diff SimpleSAML 2 . 0 local Introduction Once SAML Single Sign-On is installed following the official documentation, you may use these steps to configure a local authentication. Important: This local authentication is for testing purposes only, it is never recommended for use in production environments and it is recommended to revert text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/46_mysql_sha?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuring SHA authentication method in MySQL Introduction As of MySQL version 8, database user password hashing has been changed by default to caching_sha2_password. This method encompasses both obsolete protocols (SHA 256), as well as current and future protocols, combined with the caching capability of the entire encryption mechanism and valid comparison of user credentials. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/47_pfms_opensearch_cluster?rev=1759534911&do=diff Configuring an OpenSearch cluster for Pandora FMS Introduction This is a configuration guide for installing multiple OpenSearch worker nodes, optionally with self-signed certificates and SSL connection. You may start from an existing node with data or a completely new cluster. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/48_pfms_wux_selenium_3?rev=1759534911&do=diff WUX monitoring with WUX server and Selenium 3 Introduction User experience monitoring consists of making recordings of automated tasks of both web browsing (PWR/WUX) and interaction with the desktop and Windows system applications (PDR). These recordings can range from a mouse click on a web browser, typing text or performing a web search, to opening an application on the desktop. This allows functions to be configured and automatically recorded for later execution in search of results. text/html 2025-10-03T23:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/49_pfms_pdr?rev=1759534911&do=diff Desktop user experience monitoring (PDR) Desktop User Experience (PDR) PDR system deployment The PDR system only works on Windows® systems, and once it is run by Pandora FMS agent, it must run in process mode, since running in service mode will not work. Also, it will not be possible to lock the desktop session, so it is recommended to use it on virtual machines. text/html 2025-12-03T12:02:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pandorafms.com/manual/!783/en/documentation/pandorafms/technical_annexes/start?rev=1764763342&do=diff 7. Technical Annexes technical_annexes index