Pandora is the free Distributed Monitoring System. This is the Windows agent, programmed in C++ with GNU tools and gcc. Please, read the INSTALL file first. You can test the SSH configuration of the agent with command line: PandoraAgent.exe --test-ssh There is a configuration file, called pandora_agent.conf, where you can find these directives (this is a small summary, more information at http://pandora.sourceforge.net): server_ip - Hostname or Pandora Server IP where the gathered data will be sent. server_path - Path where the server will store the data sent by agent. Usually is "/opt/pandora/data_in". temporal - Path where the agent stores locally data before send them to the Pandora Server. The agent deletes the data every time it tries to connect to Pandora Server. interval - Period in seconds between every time the agent sends data to Pandora Server. Usually its value is 300 (5 minutes). agent_name - Alternative name of the Agent. This directive is optional, the name is taken from the system where the agent runs. hostname - Alternative name of the host. This directive is optional, the name is taken from the system where the agent runs. private_key - Path to the pandora agent private key. module_begin - Beginning of a module module_end - End of a module module_name - Name for the identification of the module module_type - Type of data of the module: - generic_data - It's a simple numeric, floating point or integer. - generic_data_inc - It's an integer numeric, difference between the data collected previously with the data collected at that moment. - generic_data_string - Text String. - generic_proc - It stores the state of processes numerically. Its value is 0 for a "bad" state and any number greater than 0 for the "good" state. module_description - Description of the module :-D