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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager 1.9 - User Guide (for AWS environments)

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Administration Tab

The Administration tab of the Cloud Manager dashboard contains links to agent administration tasks that you can use to manage AWS performance agents.

Figure 26. Administration dashboard

To access the Administration dashboard:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration in the actions bar.

For more information, see the following topics:

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Tasks view
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Agents related commands
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Creating an AWS Agent
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Editing agent properties

Tasks view

The Tasks view allows you to create an AWS agent, to create instance credentials, to assign AWS instances credentials, and to review license usage. For more information about how to create an AWS agent, refer to Creating an AWS Agent .

To create user name and password for an instance:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration.
The Administration dashboard opens.
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On the Tasks view, click Create Instance Credential, and then click User Name and Password from the prompted dialog box.
The Add a New “User Name and Password” Credential dialog box opens.
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In the Credential Properties view, type User Name and Password, confirm the password, and then click Next.
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In the Credential Name and Lockbox view, select a lockbox, and then click Next.
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In the Resource Mapping view, confirm the source mapping, and then click Next or Finish.
To create a RSA key for an instance:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration.
The Administration dashboard opens.
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On the Tasks view, click Create Instance Credential, and then click RSA Key from the prompted dialog box.
The Add a New “RSA Key” Credential dialog box opens.
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In the Credential Properties view, type Private Key, Pass Phase, and User Name, then click Next.
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In the Credential Name and Lockbox view, select a lockbox, and then click Next.
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In the Resource Mapping view, confirm the source mapping, and then click Next or Finish.
To assign credentials for AWS instances:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration.
The Administration dashboard opens.
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On the Tasks view, click Assign AWS Instances Credentials.
The Credentials dialog box opens.
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In the Credentials dialog box, select a lockbox or credential, and then click the button.
The Assign Credential dialog box opens.
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In the Assign Credential dialog box, click Add.
The Choose Instance Dialog box opens, select an instance, and then click Select.
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The Choose Instance Dialog box closes, and the selected instance appears on the EC2 Instances table. Click save.
To review license usage:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
The Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration.
The Administration dashboard opens.
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On the Tasks view, click Review License Usage.
The Review License Usage dialog box opens.
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Click AWS in the Review License Usage dialog box to review the current AWS license information.
The AWS license table shows the Account, Monitoring Agent, and Monitored Instance Count of your license.
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Click the number in the Monitored Instance Count column.
The Instances dialog box opens and shows the detailed information about all monitored instances.
If the number of monitored instance goes beyond your valid license, the following message will shows on the Cloud Manager dashboard: “Caution: Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager is over-deployed by <number> monitored virtual machines. Please contact Quest to purchase additional licenses.”

Agents related commands

The Administration dashboard shows a list of existing agent instances and a set of agent management commands at the top of the list. Use it to verify that your agents are collecting data from the monitored environment.

The following commands are available:

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Add: Starts a workflow for creating new agent instances. For more information, see Creating an AWS Agent.
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Refresh: Refreshes the list of agent instances and their states.
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Activate: Activates one or more selected agent instances. Activating an agent instance starts the agent process on the machine on which the agent is installed.
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Deactivate: Deactivates one or more selected agent instances. Deactivating an agent stops the agent process on the machine on which the agent is installed.
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Start Data Collection: Starts the data collection for one or more selected agent instances. Starting an agent’s data collection causes the agent to begin monitoring the AWS accounts and to send the collected metrics back to the Management Server.
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Stop Data Collection: Stops the data collection for one or more selected agent instances. Stopping an agent’s data collection causes the agent to stop monitoring the AWS accounts.
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Edit Properties: Starts a workflow for editing the properties of one or more selected agent instances. Each agent comes with a set of properties that it uses to configure its correct running state. Editing agent properties .
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Remove: Deletes the selected agent instance.
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Update Agent: Updates the agent package to the latest version.
 
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IMPORTANT: Updating the agent package using this command generates the previously existing credentials. However, if you update the agent package by re-deploying its .gar file through the Agent Status page, the credentials need to be re-created. To do that, select an agent instance, click Edit Properties, and configure the required credentials on the Credentials tab of the Edit Tab Manager dialog box.

To perform any of the available commands, select one or more check boxes in the left-most column and click the appropriate button. For example, to start an agent’s data collection, select the check box in the agent row and click Start Data Collection.

Editing agent properties

AWS Agents collect data from your AWS infrastructure and send it to the Management Server. The agents keep track of resource utilization metrics and alerts you when certain pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Default versions of these properties are installed with Foglight. However, you can edit the default agent properties, configure the agent properties that apply only to a specific agent instance, and create edited clones of shareable properties that are used by a subset of certain agent type.

To edit the AWS Performance Agent properties:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Cloud Manager.
Cloud Manager dashboard opens.
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Click Administration.
The Administration dashboard opens.
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Select the instance of the AWS Agent properties that you want to modify, and then click Edit Properties.
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In the Edit Properties dialog box, edit the following properties, as needed.
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Account Alias: The display name of this account.
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Access Key ID: The access key retrieved in Getting authentication information through console .
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Secret Access Key: The secret access key retrieved in Getting authentication information through console .
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Collect Memory Metric: Select this option to enable the collection of instance memory metrics. The default value is disabled.
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Collect Linux Volume Utilization: Select this option to enable the collection of Linux volume utilization. The default value is disabled.
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Specify an agent name (Optional): Specify the name of agent.
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Configure regions to be monitored (Optional): Select AWS regions for monitoring. All regions will be monitored if this field is not configured.
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Select Virtual Machines to Monitor: Specify to monitor all virtual machines or only monitor specified instance.
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If Monitor All is selected: By monitoring all virtual machines any virtual machine that is running in the monitored cloud will be monitored 24x7 consuming a monitored virtual machine license. Every virtual machine that is monitored will count against the purchased license pool. Any Monitored Virtual Machine that is above the purchased license limit will require an additional Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager per Monitored Virtual Machine license.
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If Monitor All is not selected: The following view appears on the bottom of the Selected IaaS Virtual Machines to Monitor dialog box.
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If Automatically Monitor New Instances is selected, select instances that you do not want to monitor, and then click >> to move selected instances to the Removed from Monitoring table.
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If Automatically Monitor New Instances is not selected, select instances that you want to monitor, and then click >> to move selected instances to the Virtual Machines Monitored by Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager table.
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If the Removed from Monitoring and Virtual Machines Monitored by Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager tables are empty, and Automatically Monitor New Instances is not selected, the AWS agent will not collect any instance data.
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Configure Account Cost to Monitor:
Configure the Cost Metrics collection. Collections will start only after the AWS Cost and Usage Report are created on the AWS Console. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report.
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Collect Cost Metrics: Select the check box to enable and configure the cost metrics collection. Collections will start only after the AWS Cost and Usage Report are created on the AWS Console. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report.
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Account Id (12-digit number): See To get Account ID (12-digit number) to get this value.
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S3 Bucket for Cost and Usage Report: Enter the name of your S3 bucket according to the AWS Cost and Usage Report setting. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report to get this value.
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S3 Bucket Region for Cost and Usage Report: Select the region of your S3 bucket according to the AWS Cost and Usage Report setting. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report to get this value.
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Cost and Usage Report Name: Enter the name of your AWS Cost and Usage report. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report to get this value.
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Cost and Usage Report Path: Enter the Report path prefix according to your Report setting. The value of Cost and Usage Report Path will be blank, if you don't set the Report path prefix in AWS. See To create an AWS Cost and Usage Report to get this value.
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Configure Proxy (Optional):
Configure the proxy setting when the Agent Host requires a proxy connection to the Internet.
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Select the Enable Proxy check box to enable the proxy settings.
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Input the host name or IP address for the Proxy Server and input the Proxy Port number.
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If the proxy requires an authorization, select the Authorization check box, and input the Username and Password.
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NOTE: In FIPS-compliant mode, if proxy settings are configured, you need to import the proxy server application root certificate into FMS KeyStore and FgLAM. For more information, see Managing certificates.
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Click Save. The Edit Properties dialog box closes and the list of agent instances automatically refreshes in the display area.
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