Foglight Evolve 9.2 - Getting Started Guide

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Part 1: Installing the Management Server Part 2: Starting Foglight and logging in Part 3: Installing cartridges Part 4: Installing and running the Agent Manager Part 5: Deploying and creating agents

Starting Points

Before you get started

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Foglight Evolve Environment Overview Foglight Operator's Welcome page Foglight Administrator's Welcome page Service Operations Console Hosts dashboard Next steps

Part 3: Installing cartridges

Foglight includes two types of cartridges: cartridges that contain Foglight Agent Manager installers and cartridges that contain components for monitoring additional parts of your environment.

On Foglight systems, you must install both types of cartridges before you can deploy agents to the hosts in your environment and begin collecting data.

The Agent Manager and some of the component cartridges are pre-installed when you install Foglight® Evolve; other cartridges must be installed manually. See the Foglight Evolve Upgrade Guide for details. You must deploy agents to the hosts in your environment in order to collect data.

The Agent Manager cartridges are available in the \Server\FoglightClient-FglAM-<version> directory on your install media. Monitoring cartridges are available in the subdirectories of \Cartridges on your install media.

Install the Agent Manager cartridge (only on Foglight systems), then download the installer for your platform and install the Agent Manager on remote hosts as described in Part 4: Installing and running the Agent Manager. After installing the Agent Manager on remote hosts, you can deploy agents to these remote hosts as described in Part 5: Deploying and creating agents.


	NOTE: As described in Part 1: Installing the Management Server, an instance of the Agent Manager is automatically installed with new installations of the Management Server. This embedded Agent Manager instance runs on the Management Server machine. You can deploy agents to this Agent Manager if you want to monitor the machine on which the Management Server runs. The Agent Manager Adapter cartridge is also installed. If you have Agent Manager instances running on remote hosts and do not want to download Agent Manager installers to additional hosts, you do not need to install the Agent Manager cartridge. The existing instances can connect to the Management Server.

You can install and manage cartridges using the command-line interface or the browser interface. The instructions below assume that you are using the browser interface. See “Managing cartridges” in the Command-Line Reference Guide for command-line instructions.

Before you begin:

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See the cartridge documentation for installation prerequisites.

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Ensure that the Management Server is running, log in to Foglight, and ensure that you can access the dashboards under the Administration module.

Install the cartridge: See “Extending your monitoring reach with Foglight cartridges” in the Administration and Configuration Guide.

Part 4: Installing and running the Agent Manager


	NOTE: For Foglight systems only. The steps outlined in this section assume that you have already installed the cartridge that contains the Foglight Agent Manager installers. If you have not, see Part 3: Installing cartridges for more information before proceeding.

You can download the installers from the Components for Download dashboard. If unauthenticated or headless access to the installers is required, you can access a URL for direct download with a browser or file retrieval tool; no login to Foglight is required.

Before you begin:

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Ensure that the Management Server is running, log in to Foglight, and ensure that you can access the dashboards under the Administration module.

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Identify the host name and port of each Management Server with which the Agent Manager is going to communicate.

Download or retrieve the Agent Manager installer: Different ways of obtaining installers (fglam-<version>-<platform>.<bin|exe>) are described below. To identify the name of the installer for your platform, see “Downloading the Agent Manager installer” in the Agent Manager Guide.

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Download the installer from the Components for Download dashboard in Foglight to each machine where you want to install the Agent Manager: See “Using the components for download dashboard” in the Installation and Setup Guide for your platform.

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Download or retrieve the installer from a URL to each machine where you want to install the Agent Manager: If unauthenticated access to the installers is required, or if you need to download the installers from a headless machine, see “Using the components for download page” in the Installation and Setup Guide for your platform.

Install the Agent Manager: You can use the installer GUI, the command-line installer, or the silent installer. See “Installing the Agent Manager” in the Agent Manager Guide for your platform.

Configure the Agent Manager: Some configuration of the Agent Manager can be done during installation. The Agent Manager can also be configured after installation to set items such as:

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The host name reported by the Agent Manager instance (used in cases where you need to explicitly set the host name)

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Connection options, such as settings for connecting using HTTPS

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An override option for using a self-signed server SSL certificate

Depending on the platform on which the Agent Manager is installed and the mode in which Foglight is running, you may need to perform additional configuration steps. See “Configuring the Agent Manager” in the Agent Manager Guide for information about the configuration interface and about other configuration you might need to perform.

The Agent Manager can automatically detect HA-enabled Management Servers and configure itself for them. You might need to perform additional configuration if, for example, a Management Server in the HA cluster has special SSL certificate requirements or if it uses a proxy. In addition, if you are running Foglight in HA mode, see “Managing the Foglight Management Server” in the Command-Line Reference Guide for details about the Remote Monitor utility.

Start the Agent Manager: See “Starting or stopping the Agent Manager process” in the Agent Manager Guide or in the Command-Line Reference Guide for information about starting the Agent Manager.

See “Frequently asked questions” in the Foglight Agent Manager Guide if you encounter problems.

Part 5: Deploying and creating agents

In Foglight, agents are packaged within cartridges. You must install the Agent Manager before deploying agents (excluding some agents, such as Java EE Technology Agents) to a host. The steps in this section assume that you are deploying agents to the Agent Manager, have installed the cartridges in which the agents are contained, and have installed and configured the Agent Manager on the target hosts. If you have not, see Part 4: Installing and running the Agent Manager.

Before you begin:

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Review the cartridge documentation for agent installation prerequisites.

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Ensure that the Management Server is running and log in to Foglight.

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Ensure that you can access the dashboards under the Administration module.

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Ensure that the Agent Manager is running on the target machine(s).

Deploy agent packages and create agent instances: First, agent packages must be deployed to the Agent Manager on the target host. Once you deploy agents, you can create agent instances on that host and then start collecting data. You can perform these steps from the browser interface or the command line:

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See “Deploying agent packages to monitored hosts” and “Creating agent instances on monitored hosts” in the Administration and Configuration Help for browser interface instructions.

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See “Deploying agent packages” and “Creating or deleting agent instances” in the Command-Line Reference Guide for command-line instructions.

Configure agents: Once the agents are deployed, you may need to edit their properties. See “Editing instance-specific agent properties” in the Administration and Configuration Help and the cartridge documentation for more information.

Manage agents: You can manage agents from the browser interface or the command-line. See “Configuring Foglight agents for host monitoring” and “Suspending alarms and data collection” in the Administration and Configuration Guide and “Managing agents” in the Command-Line Reference Guide.