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>/gcp/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,

    • App Engine > App Engine Viewer
    • Compute Engine > Compute Viewer
    • Cloud Functions > Cloud Functions Viewer
    • Monitoring > Monitoring Viewer
    • Cloud SQL > Cloud SQL 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

    Google Cloud Functions API

    Cloud functions discovery

    Google App Engine Admin API

    App engine discovery

    Cloud Resource Manager API

    Displaying project name along with project ID

    Google Cloud SQL Admin API

    Cloud SQL discovery

    You can check these APIs in the Cloud Console by clicking APIs & Services > Library. Search for required APIs and enable it if necessary.

  • 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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