Configuration prerequisites


This section contains information about requirements that must be in place before beginning the configuration. 

  • The service account key file must be present in the <PATROL_HOME>/gcc/key directory on the PATROL Agent server. For information about how to create a service account key, see Creating a Service Account Key in the Google Cloud Platform project.
  • The service account must have access to the Project > Viewer role OR to the individual service viewer role, that is,

    • Compute Engine > Compute Viewer
    • Monitoring > Monitoring Viewer

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  • The following APIs must be enabled on the Google Cloud Platform.

    API

    Required for

    Stackdriver monitoring API

    Performance metrics collection

    Google Compute Engine API

    Compute engine instances discovery

    Cloud Resource Manager API

    Displaying project name along with project ID

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  • Ensure that there are no clock (date and time) differences on the PATROL Agent system. The clock (date and time) must match exactly with the timezone to which the system is configured.

 

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