This guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, and starting Foglight®. Before you begin, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
This section provides setup information and an initial overview of installing Foglight:
IMPORTANT: See the Release Notes for Foglight, the Foglight Agent Manager, and any cartridges you are installing. These documents contain important information about the latest versions of these components, such as information about late-breaking changes, updates, and known and resolved issues. |
Foglight includes several different components, which are described in the Getting Started Guide.
The hardware requirements to run Foglight can vary widely, based on a number of factors, including:
Running Foglight requires the following components:
For the current single- and multi-tier hardware requirements, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
NOTE: You can choose to use an embedded database or an external database. The instructions in this guide are for external database installations only. |
The following list summarizes the main stages involved in installing and configuring Foglight:
Stage 1: Install the Management Server and configure the Management Server and database. The Management Server is the data collection and processing server.
Stage 2: Install, configure, and initialize the database, then start the Foglight Management Server and log in.
Stage 3: Install and configure cartridges. Cartridges extend the functionality of Foglight, and are installed on the machine hosting the Management Server. A cartridge contains one or more cartridge components, such as agents for deployment, communication capabilities, modifications to the way that data is transformed or handled, rules, reports, and views.
Stage 4: Install, configure, and start the Foglight Agent Manager. The Agent Manager is a client that manages agents installed on monitored hosts. See the Foglight Agent Manager Guide for details.
Stage 5: Install and configure agents. Agents are deployed on machines in your monitored environment and send data to the Management Server. There are several types of agents. One or more instances of each type of agent managed by the Agent Manager can be deployed per host. For example, there is an agent that collects metrics from the operating system of the host machine. There are also agents that are embedded into systems or the software that they monitor.
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