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Learn About Platform Services

For information about:

Configure a Platform Service

This page has instructions for configuring a platform service.

  1. Browse to the platform.
  2. Select New Platform Service from the Tools menu.
  3. On the New Service page, enter:
    • Name - A meaningful name for the service.
    • Description - (optional) A description of the service
    • Service Type - Select the desired service type from the pull-down list.
  4. Click OK to create the new service.
    • The Inventory tab for the new service appears and prompts: "This resource has not been configured. Please set its Configuration Properties.
  5. Click Configuration Properties in the prompt.
  6. On the Configuration Properties page, enter values for the required configuration properties, which are prefixed with a red asterisk, and optional properties as appropriate. For definitions of configuration properties, see the information in the Configuration Requirements column in the Platform Service Types table below.

Platform Service Types

Service Description Configuration Notes
CPU    
DHCP
Use to monitor a remote Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server. DHCP Platform Service
DNS Use to monitor a remote Domain Name System server. DNS Platform Service
FileServer Directory
   
FileServer File    
FileServer Mount Use to monitor a remote filesystem mount point and associated disks and raid arrays.

Note: The HQ Agent auto-discovers local mount points. You only need to explicitly configure a FileServer Mount service to monitor a remote network file system (NFS). Alternatively, you can install an HQ Agent on the system that hosts the NFS, in which case the NFS will be auto-discovered.
 
FileServer DirectoryTree Use to monitor a directory and the entire tree under that directory.  
HTTP Use to monitor a particular URL. HTTP Platform Service
FTP
Use to monitor a remote File Transfer Protocol server.
FTP Platform Service
IMAP
Use to monitor a remote Internet Message Access Protocol server.
IMAP Platform Service
InetAddress Ping
Use to ping a remote host for availability. InetAddress Ping Platform Service
LDAP
Use to monitor a remote Lightweight Directory Access Server.
LDAP Platform Service
Multiprocess Use to monitor multiple related processes. For example, to monitor the number of httpd processes running on Apache and the system resource they consume in aggregate.  
NetworkServer Interface Use to monitor a network interface.

Note: Because the HQ Agent auto-discovers network interfaces, manual configuration of a NetworkServer Interface is rare.
 
NTP
Use to monitor a remote Network Time Protocol server.
NTP Platform Service
POP3 Use to monitor a remote Post Office Protocol 3 server.  Configure along with an SMTP service  to monitor incoming and outgoing email services.
POP3 Platform Service
Process
Use to monitor a process using a Hyperic SIGAR Process Table Query Language (PTQL) query. To configure, you supply the PTQL query in the form:

Class.Attribute.operator=value

For example,

Pid.PidFile.eq=/var/run/sshd.pid
SIGAR Process Table Query Language documentation
RPC Use to monitor a Remote Procedure Call service.
Note: Not available on Windows platforms. 
RPC Platform Service
Script Used to configure HQ to periodically run a script that collects a  system or application metric.
 
SMTP Use to monitor a remote Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server.  Configure along with a POP3 service to monitor incoming and outgoing email services.
SMTP Platform Service
SNMP
Use to monitor a remote Simple Network Management Protocol agent.
SNMP Platform Service - HQ 4.2 and Earlier
SSH
Use to monitor a remote SSH service.
SSH Platform Service
TCP Socket
Use to monitor the availability of a remote TCP socket
TCP Socket Platform Service
Windows Service
Use to monitor an application that runs as a service under Windows. To configure it, you supply its Service Name in Windows. To determine the Service Name:
  1. Select Run from the Windows Start menu.
  2. Type services.msc in the run dialog and click OK.
  3. In the list of services displayed, right-click the service you wish to monitor and choose Properties.
  4. Locate the Service Name on the General tab.
 

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