Use the Content Pack for Monitoring Unix and Linux
Use the service template included with this content pack to either create a Unix or Linux service or update existing services to include *nix OS-level monitoring.
Prerequisites
- You need to set up automatic entity discovery and tune KPI base searches and thresholds. See Install and configure the Content Pack for Monitoring Unix and Linux.
- You need the write_itsi_service capability to create a service or link the service to a service template. The itoa_admin and itoa_team_admin roles have this capability by default.
Option 1: Create a new service for server monitoring
Perform the following steps for each group of servers where you want to monitor CPU, memory, disk space, and network traffic:
- Click Configuration > Services > Create Service > Create Service.
- Provide a name for the new service.
- Select Link service to a service template and choose the Unix and Linux server health template.
- Click Create.
- On the Entities tab, make changes as necessary to filter to the appropriate group of hosts.
- On the KPIs tab, select each KPI and expand the Thresholding panel to verify and edit thresholds as needed.
- Click Save > Save and Enable to save the service and begin running the KPI base searches.
- (Optional) Re-open the service and add KPIs for application monitoring and other functions as necessary.
For more information about adding entity rules, see Define entity rules for a service in ITSI in the Service Insights manual.
Option 2: Update existing services for server monitoring
Perform the following steps for each existing service where Linux OS-level monitoring is needed:
- Click Configuration > Services and open the service you want to update for server monitoring.
- Remove existing KPIs that are already provided in the
Unix and Linux server health
template. - Click Save.
- Go back to the services list and locate the service you just edited.
- Click Edit > Link to Service Template and select the Unix and Linux server health template.
- For the
Update service entity rules
option, choose Append template rules so the template rules are merged with the existing ones. - Click Link.
- Open the service you just linked.
- On the Entities tab, make changes as necessary to filter to the appropriate group of hosts.
- Click Save.
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Content Pack for Monitoring Unix and Linux: 1.3.0
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