Find Out How

Use the following steps to create a Monitor Server:

1. From the SOASTA CloudTest Repository screen, select “Monitoring Servers” under the “Server Resources” section in the Navigator.

2. After selecting “Monitoring Servers” from the Navigator, click the “New” icon.

3. The Monitoring Server / Monitor wizard appears. Select “Monitor Server” and click Next.

4. The “Name and Connection” step is shown. Type a name for the Monitoring Server and optionally provide a description.  Finally type the hostname or IP address of the server into the “Host” field and click Next. 

5. The “Resources” step is shown. Select the resource categories that are available for monitoring on host and click Next.  For each resource that you select, a subsequent step will ask you for connection information.  For this example, we’ll specify “System Resources” and “Databases”.  The “System Resources” step allows you to specify the operating system type, connection method and credentials:

6. Operating systems supported include various Linux vendors, Apple Mac OS X and various versions of Microsoft Windows.  Connection methods include SSH and Conductor.  SSH is applicable only to Linux and Mac OS X operating systems.  Microsoft Windows monitoring requires a Conductor connection.  After specifying the connection method and credentials, you can test the connection by pressing the “Test Connection” button.  Finally, click Next to configure any remaining server resources.  In this example we’ll configure our database next: 

7. You may specify one or more database servers for each Monitoring Server.  For each database server, provide a nickname (this is a name that is useful for you to easily denote which database you’re configuring), database type, connection method and credentials.  The connection method includes direct (SQL through a JDBC driver) or Conductor.  The Conductor connection method is useful if the database server is behind a firewall or is otherwise inaccessible through a direct SQL connection.  After providing the connection information and credentials, you may test the connection by pressing the Test Connection button.  Finally, click Next to configure any remaining server resources.

8. For our example, we have no remaining resources to configure, so the “Finish” step is shown.
   
   The final step shows a summary of the options that will be used to create the Monitoring Server.  If anything is not correct, you can use the “Back” button to make corrections.  Clicking “Finish” will create and save the new Monitoring Server.  Optionally, if you wish to define a new Monitor which will use the newly-created Monitoring Server, click the “Create a new Monitor for this Monitor Server” checkbox.  In this case, the Monitoring Server will be saved and the wizard will be reset to allow creation of a new Monitor.