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Message Queuing Monitoring Agent Configuration

This guide teaches how to configure the Message Queueing Monitoring Agent.

Note: The Monitoring and the remote configuration is available if you first install and create the initial Monitoring Agent Configuration for the Message Queueing Monitoring Agent. First-time users start here.

Remote Configuration

As a Nodinite Administrator, click on the 'Configuration' button to open a modal to configure the agent:

RemoteConfiguration
Example of Configuration button available in the Monitoring Agent Configuration administration page

Many specific configurations can also be made directly on the Resource using the Action button if the Monitor View has the use of Remote Actions feature enabled.

You must be a Nodinite Administrator, to Manage the collection of message queuing services.

ActiveMQ

MSMQ

Service Bus

AnypointMQ

Settings tab

There are some general settings for the agent available in the Settings tab.

  • Environment
  • Debug
  • Culture Information

SettingsTab

Environment

Part of the standard features shared with all Monitoring Agents is an option to set the name of the target environment, for example, TEST, QA, PROD.

Debug

Part of the common features shared with all Monitoring Agents, there is an option to set the Debug flag for additional file logging that can be enabled/disabled as needed. Default is unchecked.

Culture Information

The Culture Information setting determines how time-based data from this agent is presented in the Web Client/Web API.


Save

You must click Save for changes to be written to the agent and take effect.
Save and Close buttons

NOTE: The delay in presenting the new evaluated state depends on the synchronisation interval set for the monitoring agent. Click the Sync Now button to force an immediate synchronisation.

Save - Saves the current changes, browser refreshes content and stays on current page.

Save and close - Saves then closes the dialogue returning the browser to the previous page.

Cancel, close the dialogue without saving any changes.


Add Message Queueing Monitoring Agent Configuration

After the successful installation of the Message Queueing Monitoring Agent you must provide Nodinite with connection details so the Monitoring Service knows there's a new guy in town.

No monitoring or other configuration of the Message Queueing Monitoring Agent can be performed before the steps outlined below has been executed.

Configuration Steps

  1. Add and configure a new Monitoring Agent Configuration

    • Connection information is available in the README.txt file in the installation folder

  2. Use the Remote Configuration feature to configure the agent. Detailed at the beginning of this user guide.

  3. Create one or more self-service enabled Monitor Views that include the selected Resources provided by the Message Queueing Monitoring Agent according to business needs.

  4. Fine-tune specific settings directly on Resources using Remote Actions


Next Step

Add or manage a Monitoring Agent Configuration
Add or manage Monitor View

Install Message Queueing Monitoring Agent
Monitoring Agents