Pandora FMS 1.3.1 User Guide to Pandora FMS Administration Pandora FMS 1.3.1 User documentation April, 2008 Page 1 of 135 Pandora FMS 1.3.1 User Guide to Pandora FMS Administration Index 1 . Introduction to Pandora FMS ..................................................................................... 6 1.1. What is Pandora FMS? .............................................................................................. 6 1.2. What else can Pandora FMS do? ............................................................................... 6 1.2.1. Using agents ......................................................................................................7 1.3. Pandora FMS Architecture ........................................................................................ 9 1.4. Pandora FMS Agents................................................................................................ 10 1.4.1. Satellite Agents ............................................................................................... 12 1.4.2. XML data file ..................................................................................................12 1.5. Pandora FMS Servers............................................................................................... 14 1.6. Pandora FMS console...............................................................................................15 1.7. Database....................................................................................................................15 1.7.1. Compacting data ............................................................................................ 15 1.8. About Pandora FMS................................................................................................. 16 2. Pandora FMS Server installation .................................................................................17 2.1. Prerequisites .............................................................................................................17 2.1.1. Pandora FMS Data Server ............................................................................. 17 2.1.2. Pandora FMS Network Server ........................................................................ 17 2.1.3. SNMP trap reception Console .........................................................................18 2.1.4. Network Reconnaissance Server (Recon) .......................................................18 2.1.5. Installing dependencies ...................................................................................18 2.2. Automatic installation using installer....................................................................... 19 2.3. Manual installation of Pandora FMS Servers...........................................................20 2.3.1. To create user "pandora" and set up permissions ............................................20 2.3.2. Installing executables and libraries on your system ....................................... 21 2.3.3. Setting up snmptrapd for Pandora FMS SNMP Console ................................22 2.3.4. Testing Pandora FMS Server installation ........................................................22 2.3.5. Testing Pandora FMS trap reception Console .................................................22 2.4. Configuring Pandora FMS Server .......................................................................... 23 2.4.1. New options introduced in 1.3.1 version ........................................................ 25 2.4.2. Configuring Tentacle to receive data packages ...............................................26 2.4.3. Configuring Tentacle Server to use it with Pandora FMS Data Server ..........27 2.4.4. Setting up SSH configuration to receive data packets .................................... 27 3. Installing Pandora FMS Console ...............................................................................28 3.1. Installing Pandora FMS Database............................................................................ 28 3.2. Pandora FMS Web Console installation................................................................... 29 4. Installing and using Pandora FMS physical agents ..................................................... 31 4.1. Understanding what is a Pandora FMS Agent..........................................................31 4.1.1. Generic role of the agents .............................................................................. 31 4.2. Pandora FMS Agent configuration........................................................................... 32 4.2.1. Main program ..................................................................................................32 4.2.2. Configuration file ............................................................................................32 4.2.3. General parameters ........................................................................................ 32 4.2.4. Module definition ............................................................................................34 4.2.5. Examples .........................................................................................................36 4.2.6. Types of Agents ...............................................................................................37 4.3. Introduction to UNIX Agents................................................................................... 37 4.4. Installing Pandora FMS UNIX Agent.......................................................................38 Page 2 of 135 Pandora FMS 1.3.1 User Guide to Pandora FMS Administration 4.4.1. First running of the UNIX agent .....................................................................39 4.4.2. Advanced configuration for UNIX Agent .......................................................39 4.5. Pandora FMS Windows Agents................................................................................41 4.5.1. Build Pandora FMS Windows Agent from sources ........................................ 41 4.5.2. Installing Pandora FMS Windows Agent (installer) ....................................... 41 4.5.3. Manual Pandora FMS Windows Agent installation ........................................41 4.5.4. Windows Agent testing ................................................................................... 42 4.5.5. Pandora FMS Windows Agent configuration ................................................. 42 4.5.6. Agent visualizaton in Pandora FMS Web Console ......................................... 44 4.6. Data transfer to server...............................................................................................44 4.6.1. Data transfer using Tentacle ............................................................................44 4.6.2. Data transfer using SSH ..................................................................................45 4.6.3. SSH Key generation for Windows ..................................................................47 4.6.4. Data transfer using FTP ................................................................................. 51 5. Basic Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 52 5.1. Pandora FMS Servers............................................................................................... 52 5.2. Network Server ........................................................................................................53 5.2.1. Network Modules ...........................................................................................53 5.2.2. Pandora FMS and SNMP ...............................................................................54 5.2.3. Network profiles ............................................................................................ 58 5.3. Recon Server ............................................................................................................59 5.3.1. Example of use ...............................................................................................60 5.4. Pandora FMS Agents................................................................................................ 62 5.4.1. Pandora FMS physical agents ........................................................................62 5.4.2. Network agents / Network modules ...............................................................63 5.4.3. Assigning modules to a Pandora FMS agent ................................................. 63 5.4.4. Creating a logic agent from a network module ..............................................65 5.5. Viewing data with Pandora FMS .............................................................................71 5.5.1. Tactical view .................................................................................................. 71 5.5.2. Group view .....................................................................................................72 5.5.3. Agent global detail .........................................................................................73 5.5.4. Details of Pandora FMS logic agent .............................................................. 75 5.5.5. Monitor detai ..................................................................................................75 5.5.6. Alert detail ...................................................................................................... 76 5.5.7. Data detail ......................................................................................................