Adding monitored servers to the PingDataMetrics server
Configure the PingDataMetrics server to monitor servers using the monitored-servers
tool.
The monitored-servers command line tool configures communication between the servers and the PingDataMetrics server, then adds external server definitions to the PingDataMetrics server based on the server’s administrative data.
Before a server is added to the PingDataMetrics server configuration, the system determines whether communication needs configuring. If so, the cn=Monitoring User
root user account is created on the external server.
Running the tool with the add-servers
subcommand creates an external server based on the information discovered about the remote server. It also uses the information located in the cn=admin data
entry to discover other servers in the topology, which are also added to the configuration. The following examples use the monitored-servers
tool.
Example
Run the monitored-servers tool with the add-servers subcommand. Specify connection information for the PingDataMetrics server, as well as connection information for any remote servers in use.
$ bin/monitored-servers add-servers \
--bindDN uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com \
--bindPassword password \
--monitoringUserBindPassword password \
--remoteServerHostname localhost \
--remoteServerPort 1389 \
--remoteServerBindPassword password
Example
Use the --dry-run
option to generate output detailing the work that would be done in a live session without actually making changes to the server configuration.
$ bin/monitored-servers add-servers \
--bindDN uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com \
--bindPassword password \
--monitoringUserBindPassword password \
--remoteServerHostname localhost \
--remoteServerPort 1389 \
--remoteServerBindPassword password
--dry-run