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Foglight Experience Monitor 5.8.1 - Installation and Administration Guide

Installing and configuring Multi-appliance clusters Configuring the appliance Specifying monitored web traffic Transforming monitored URLs Managing applications Foglight components and the appliance Using the console program Troubleshooting the appliance Appendix: Third party software Appendix: Dell PowerEdge system appliance

Configuring monitoring appliances

When integrating Foglight Experience Monitor and Foglight Experience Viewer, you need to ensure certain settings in the console program have been configured.

Make sure you are viewing the Network Configuration menu in the console program, which is accessed by pressing the 1 key at the main menu.

Figure 90. Configure Control Device menu

The first step you need to perform is to assign an IP address to the auxiliary port (typically eth1) on Foglight Experience Monitor which is used to communicate with Foglight Experience Viewer.

To assign an IP for the Auxiliary Port:
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At the Network Configuration Menu, press the 3 key to display the Auxiliary Device Configuration menu.
2
Press the 1 key. When prompted, enter the IP address that is being assigned to the auxiliary port on the Foglight Experience Monitor (eth1).
 
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IMPORTANT: The auxiliary port IP address you provide must be on its own unique subnet, and should not share the same subnet as the IP addresses assigned to the control ports on the Foglight Experience Monitor and Foglight Experience Viewer archiver. This ensures that traffic passes from one appliance to the other over the crossover cable and not over the network. If you fail to configure this correctly, everything will work but large amounts of traffic will be passing over your network unnecessarily.
3
Press the r key to return to the Network Configuration menu.
4
Press the s key to save and verify your settings.
Configuring the Foglight Experience Viewer Archiver

You must configure IP addresses for the control port (eth0) and archiver port (eth1) on the Foglight Experience Viewer in order to complete the integration. The Foglight Experience Viewer archiver and Foglight Experience Monitor auxiliary ports need to be on the same subnet, and this subnet must be different than the Control port IP addresses of both appliances (eth0). These steps can be performed in the Foglight Experience Viewer console program.

To configure the Archiver:
1
Log in to the Foglight Experience Viewer Console Setup program using support as the user ID, and support as the password.
The main Setup program menu appears:
2
Press 2 to select the Network Configuration option, then press the Enter key to display the Network Configuration screen.
3
Press 2 to select the Configure Network Cards options, then press the Enter key.
4
Press Enter to accept the Traditional Method with ifup network setup method.
The Network Card Configuration Overview screen is displayed:
The first listed network card IP address is assigned to the Foglight Experience Viewer’s control port (eth0). The second IP address is designated for the Archiver (eth1), and is used to receive data from Foglight Experience Monitor.
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Ensure the first item in the list is highlighted and then select the Edit option to enter the IP address for the control port.
 
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IMPORTANT: Make a note of this address, as you will need to use it when logging in to the Foglight Experience Viewer console.
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Ensure the second item in the list is highlighted and then select the Edit option to enter the IP address for the archiver port (eth1). This is the port over which Foglight Experience Monitor will transmit data to Foglight Experience Viewer using the crossover cable that is connected directly between the eth1 ports on the two machines.
Ensure the IP and subnet mask are on the same subnet as the IP address given for the Auxiliary port in the Foglight Experience Monitor console Setup program.
If you edit the address, make a note of it. You will need it to perform a configuration step in the Foglight Experience Viewer console.
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When the IP addresses have been configured, select Next and press the Enter key to save your settings.
8
Access the Foglight Experience Viewer console by entering the designated Foglight Experience Viewer appliance IP address in a browser’s URL box, at port 80, using the /console path
(for example, http://192.168.1.1:80/console).
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Enter admin in the Login box, and admin in the password box, then click Login.
10
After logging in, click Configure in the main menu.
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Click Collectors, found in the System Configuration section.
If the Foglight Experience Monitor is successfully sending data to the Foglight Experience Viewer, a Monitor Group is automatically created.
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Edit the Default Collector Group. In the Archiver IP Address box, enter the non-public IP address for (eth1) that you configured in the Network Configuration screen in step 6.
 
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NOTE: This address may already be configured by default.
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Click OK.
Your Foglight Experience Viewer should now be receiving HTTP traffic from the Foglight Experience Viewer channel over the proper private channels. You can test whether the Foglight Experience Viewer is receiving data by viewing the metrics on the Metrics > Archivers page after completing the steps below.
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The final step is to provide Foglight Experience Monitor with the IP where it can find the Foglight Experience Viewer.
You can access Foglight Experience Viewer server IP and server port settings from the Network Settings page by clicking Configure > Appliance > Network Settings.
Configuring Foglight Experience Monitor to write to a Foglight Experience Viewer Archiver
1
Access the Foglight Experience Viewer configuration page.
2
In the Foglight Experience Viewer Server IP box, enter the IP address of the machine that is acting as your Foglight Experience Viewer Server in your environment.
This module performs configuration and reporting functions.
3
In the Control Port box, enter the TCP port number that your appliance will use to communicate with the Foglight Experience Viewer Server.
4
Click Verify settings to ensure the appliance is able to connect to the Foglight Experience Viewer Server using the provided information.
The Verify Foglight Experience Viewer Settings dialog appears, indicating whether the connection attempt was successful.
5
Click Verify Settings to ensure the Foglight Experience Monitor can establish a connection with the Foglight Experience Viewer server.
The Verify Foglight Experience Viewer Settings window displays, providing status messages regarding the success or failure of the verification process.
6
Click Apply to save your changes.

Foglight Management Server

Many of Foglight’s broad monitoring and reporting capabilities come from its specialized cartridges. The Cartridge for FxM transmits key metrics, captured by the appliance, to the Foglight Management Server. These metrics can then be displayed in Foglight browser interface.

Communication between the Cartridge for FxM dashboards in Foglight and the Foglight Experience Monitor appliance allows users to seamlessly view data between applications. After the appliance has been configured, and the cartridge has been installed and configured on Foglight, users who are logged into Foglight can drilldown to more detailed information monitored by the appliance.

 
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IMPORTANT: Port 3306 must be opened through any firewalls that separate the Foglight Management Server and Foglight Experience Monitor. No other ports are required to be open.

For more information about Foglight and how Foglight Experience Monitor users can take advantage of their integration, see “Integrating Foglight Experience Monitor” in the Foglight Experience Monitor User Guide.

For more information, see these topics:

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Ensuring product compatibility
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Setting up the Cartridge for FxM
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Configuring the appliance for data communication
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Exporting metrics to Foglight

Ensuring product compatibility

It is important that you install compatible versions of Foglight, Foglight Experience Monitor, and the Cartridge for FxM. See the Foglight Experience Monitor Release Notes for detailed compatibility information.

Setting up the Cartridge for FxM

The Cartridge for FxM is installed on the Foglight Management Server (FMS) or anywhere that the Foglight Agent Manager is installed (this location is typically the FMS). The Cartridge for FxM is comprised of two CAR files, the EU-Core and the EU-FxM. In order for these files to display Foglight Experience Monitor data, the Foglight Agent Manager requires the FxM Agent be installed and configured to facilitate data communication.

 
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NOTE: For multiple appliance environments, you can configure multiple agents for data communication.

There are several steps required to install and configure the cartridge on the FMS:

1
Obtain the EU-Core and EU-FxM CAR from Quest Support Portal and install them on the FMS.
2
Install the FxM Agent Package on the FMS.
3
Create the FxM Agent on the FMS.
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Configure the FxM Agent Properties.
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Activate the FxM Agent on FMS.
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Enable data collection from the appliance on the FMS.

For view detailed information about configuring the Cartridge for FxM, see the End User Monitoring Installation and Configuration Guide.

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