Description

The Solarwinds listener plugin collects data from Solarwinds via queries and sends it to 1Gateway as messages. The messages sent will then be processed in the core and sent on to the senders configured.

 

Prerequisites

Installation

Make sure you have the 1gateway zip file that includes the plugin files and valid licences information ready. This file has been provided to you with the installation files.

1 - Login

Login to 1gateway, and make sure you are in "Advanced mode". If this is the first time you log in, the default user and password are both 'admin' (without the quotes).

2 - System Maintenance

Click on the menu icon and choose the option "System maintenance"


3 - Upload file


In the System maintenance view you can either drag and drop the downloaded zip file or select it by clicking the "choose file" button.

4 - Restart

After the upload installation will be confirmed. Restart 1Gateway to ensure any locked files are updated.

Configuration


Open the main menu and click on "New plugin"

Select the plugin you want to configure. Use the Filter field if needed.

Field name

Supported values

Description

server

Valid ip address or hostname

Solarwinds server.

port

Valid port number

Valid port number

user

Any string

Username for the query request authentication.

password

Valid

Password for the query request authentication.

Server performance metrics interval

Any integer

Poll interval (default is 300) in seconds of the server performance metrics (only if item is selected).

Events interval

Any integer

Poll interval (default is 300) in seconds of events (only if item is selected).

Alerts interval

Any integer

Poll interval (default is 300) in seconds of alerts (only if item is selected).

The type of information that needs to come out of Solarwinds also needs to be configured (by selecting item and setting polling interval):

  • Server performance metrics
  • Events

Advanced configuration

The advanced configuration of the Solarwinds listener plugin includes a message type field. This field defines the type of messages produced by the plugin, which will later be used in the mappers (message normalization). 

Image 2. Solarwinds listener advanced plugin configuration

See also