How to Monitor Progress OpenEdge Application Server Using eG Enterprise

The eG agent is capable of monitoring Progress OpenEdge Application Server in an agent-based manner and an agentless manner, however, the recommended monitoring approach is agent-based. In case of the agentless approach, the remote agent used to monitor the Progress OpenEdge Application server should be deployed on a remote Windows or Linux host in the environment. The eG agent uses REST API to connect to the target Progress OpenEdge Application server and collect the required metrics. For this, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with operator role. If such a user role doesn't exist, then, add a new user by following the below steps.

Adding a User on Progress OpenEdge Application Server

To add a new user, do the following:

  • Log in as an administrator in OpenEdge Management console or OpenEdge Explorer.

  • In Authorized Users page that appears, click Add User.

  • In the User page that then appears, enter a unique user name in the Name field.

  • Select the role that is to be assigned to the user as Operator from the Role list.

  • Enter the password corresponding to the newly created user in the Password field and re-enter the password in the Confirm password field.

  • Click Save. The newly created user then appears in the list of authorized users in the Authorized Users page.

The newly added user name, password, and description information are also saved in the fathomRealm.properties file that is available in the <OpenEdgeManagement-install-dir>\etc folder. The user credentials are stored in the format mentioned below:

<username>: [<hash algorithm>:]<password>[:<salt>[:<iterations>]]
[,<rolename> ...]
DESCRIPTION: <user description>

You can also add a new user by entering the credentials in the defined format directly in the fathomRealm.properties file.