Pandora is the free Distributed Monitoring System.
This is the Windows agent, programmed in C++ with GNU tools and gcc.
The binary included is PandoraAgent.exe, that will run as a Windows Service.
This should be done by the installer, if you have any problem, run:
PandoraAgent.exe --install
You can test the SSH configuration of the agent with command line:
PandoraAgent.exe --test-ssh
The directory structure that will be created is something like:
Pandora_Agent\pandora_agent.conf :: Pandora Windows Agent main configuration
Pandora_Agent\key\ :: Directory which holds the private and
public key files
Pandora_Agent\key\id_dsa :: Private key to access the Pandora server
using SSH
Pandora_Agent\key\id_dsa.pub :: Public key to access the Pandora server
using SSH
You also have:
Pandora_Agent\utils\ :: Directory where the user could put
misc utils to use with exec type modules
I.e. UNIX-like tools (cut, grep, etc...)
In the configuration file pandora_agent.conf, you can find
these directives (this is a small resume, 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
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