Location Groups

Server and Agent

The Bloonix Server can be used to monitor Windows systems as well as Routers and Switches via SNMP. Unfortunately, this is not always possible, for example if there are hosts in a network to which the Bloonix Server has no access and is not allowed to have access for security reasons. It may also be too much configuration work to give the Bloonix Server access to foreign networks. In this case, it is possible to install the Bloonix Agent on a central server in foreign networks and then have it check the hosts.

The setup is quite simple. A location group is set up with an ID, a name and a password. The ID and password are in the form for setting up location groups:

Edit the configuration file /etc/bloonix/agent/conf.d/location-group.conf of the Bloonix Agent and enter the following data:

location_group {
    location_id 1
    password secret
}

Then restart the agent.

As a final step, you only need to add the hosts (routers, switches, etc.) to the location group that you want the agent to monitor. The Bloonix agent connects to the Bloonix server, authenticates itself with the entered connection data and receives a list from the Bloonix server with all the hosts that the agent should monitor.

Depending on the number of hosts and services to be monitored, it is advisable to adjust the parameters worker, max_concurrent_hosts and, if applicable, max_concurrent_checks of the agent.