Monitoring the operating system

Objective

To set up the environment to start monitoring the Windows or Linux operating system.

The tasks in this end-to-end use case must be performed by a tenant administrator.

Step 1: Set up monitoring

Step 2: Install a PATROL Agent and a KM

Deploy the predefined package for Linux or Windows.

Linux: Copy the install script for the Predefined_Package_For_Linux_x64 package.

Windows: Download and install the Predefined_Package_For_Windows_x64 package.

After the PATROL Agent and KM are installed, the out-of-the box monitoring policies start monitoring your system.

See how:

Deploy the predefined package for Linux

On the Administration > Repository page, do the following:

Click Create Install Script from the action menu for the Predefined_Package_For_Linux_x64 entry.
Log on to the Linux host that you want to monitor.
Paste and run the install script that you copied.
Provide the following information when prompted:
- Root login credentials
- PATROL default account credentials

The install script installs the PATROL Agent for Linux and the Linux KM.

Deploy the predefined package for Windows

On the Administration > Repository page, do the following:

Click Download from the action menu for the Predefined_Package_For_Windows_x64 entry to download the package.
Click Copy API Key and paste the information in a text editor.
Log on to the Windows host that you want to monitor.
Copy and extract the package that you downloaded earlier to a temporary location on the Windows host.
Run the following command:
RunSilentInstall.exe -apikey=<apikey> where <apikey> is the API key that you pasted in a text editor.
Provide the PATROL default account credentials when prompted.

The RunSilentInstall command installs the PATROL Agent for Windows and the Windows KM.

Step 3: Ensure that policies are enabled

Ensure that the following out-of-the-box policies are enabled:

If they are disabled, enable them.

See how:

Enable or disable policies

To enable a policy, on the Configuration > Infrastructure Policies page, click the action menu of a disabled policy and click Enable.

To disable a policy, on the Configuration > Infrastructure Policies page, click the action menu of an enabled policy and click Disable.