Remote Agent Overview
Description
The Trendics Remote Agent is a small Python script optionally installed on your servers enabling...
Requirements
The Trendics Remote Agent has been designed to work on any system with Python 2.4 or above installed (like Linux and Windows). However, the Trendics Remote Agent has only been tested under Linux at this time.Installation
- Login at cp.trendics.com
- Click on Devices in the top navigation
- Click on the drop down arrow next to the Device where you plan to install the Trendics Remote Agent
- Click Setup Trendics Remote Agent in the drop down menu
- Follow the displayed instructions customized for the specified Device
Configuration
Theconf directory contains the following files...
remote-agent.xml- The config file loaded initially by the Trendics Remote Agent controlling what other config files are loaded.remote-action.xml- The config file defining the allowed remote actions that can be executed- Plug-In Config Files - Config files like mysql-plug-ins.xml, linux-plug-ins.xml, sendmail-plug-ins.xml, etc. that define performance data, config data, and log data plugins for various processes running on your server
- Edit
remote-agent.xmlto select what Plug-Ins get loaded - Edit
remote-action.xmlto define the Remote Actions you want to allow - Edit each Plug-In Config File as appropriate to define what information to push to Trendics
Starting/Stopping/Restarting
You can execute any of the following commands from the installation directory to start, stop, and restart the Trendics Remote Agent..../bin/remote-agent.sh start./bin/remote-agent.sh stop./bin/remote-agent.sh restart
Troubleshooting
Thelog directory contains log files from the running Trendics Remote Agent which may be useful in troubleshooting problems.