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Monitor ports on an external node

You can monitor certain features of a node which you have no credentials for such as ICMP Response and Ports responses A List of Monitors that can be assigned to an External Node can be found in this Article 1. Firstly, Add the Node as an External Node - Settings - Manage Nodes - Add Node - Enter the IP address of Node and Select "External Node" from Polling Method - Bottom of the page click Next

First published date

11/29/2018 10:35 PM

Last published date

6/29/2020 5:47 AM

Overview

This article describes how to monitor ports such as SMTP (Port 25 or 567) on a node which you do not have credentials for.

Product section

Server Application Monitor

Resolution

You can monitor certain features of a node which you have no credentials for such as ICMP Response and Ports responses

Refer to the Components that can be assigned to external nodes article for a list of monitors that can be assigned to an external node - Components that can be assigned to external nodes

  1. Add the node as an external node:
    a. Go to Settings > Manage Nodes > Add Node.
    b. Enter the IP address of the node and select External Node from the Polling Method.
    c. Click Next.
  2. In the Add Application Monitor Wizard:
    In this example, we will use SMTP Port 25 monitor from this Thwack post.
    a. Select the template from the drop down.
    b. Select the box next to the template.
    c. Select Inherit Credentials from Template and click Test.
    d. Click Next after the test passes.
  3. In the Add a Node Wizard box, click OK Add Node at the bottom of the page.