How to Monitor Linux Systems Group Using eG Enterprise?

This involves the following steps:

1. Install an eG agent on a remote Windows/Linux host in the environment;

2. Install and start an eG VM Agent on every Linux system you want monitored;

3. Configure every eG VM Agent with the details of the eG remote agent it should communicate with and the Linux Systems Group component it should monitor;

4. If required, change the port number at which the remote agent listens; the default port number is 60010.

5. Manage the Linux Systems Group component using the eG administrative interface;

6. View the real-time state and metrics of the managed Linux Systems Group component in the eG monitoring console

To know how to install an eG agent on a Windows/Linux host, refer to the eG Installation Guide. Each of the other steps outlined above (i.e., steps 2-6) has been elaborately discussed in the following topics :

Installing the eG VM Agent

Configuring the eG VM Agent to Communicate with the eG Manager/eG Remote Agent

Managing a Linux Systems Group Component

Monitoring the Linux Systems Group