Cloud

AWS
Google Cloud
MS Azure
IBM Cloud
Skytap
CloudStack

Our solution uses 2 data sources to get complete picture of Skytap configuration and its resource utilization.

Skytap REST API (for configuration and mapping purposes)
OS agent (for performance data)

Supported operating systems:

AIX
Linux on Power - not yet, it will be supported in future releases
IBMi - not yet, it will be supported in future releases

OS agent

refer here

Skytap REST API

Log in to Skytap
Go to cloud.skytap.com and log in with your user credentials.
Access Account Settings
In the top-right corner, click on your username/avatar
Select "My Account" from the dropdown menu
Generate API Token
Scroll down to the Account information section
There will be API security token part
Click "Add token"
Copy and store the token somewhere safe. This is your API key equivalent
Use the API Token for Authentication
Skytap uses your username and the API token for API authorization

XorMon NG storage configuration

Add storage into configuration from the UI:
XorMon NG UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Cloud ➡ Skytap ➡ New

API Username: your Skytap username
API Key: the generated API token
Run "Test" for configured storage device, it must show "OK"
Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon NG UI

Apache CloudStack monitoring is not implemented yet in XorMon NG.
So far you might use LPAR2RRD for its monitoring.

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Our solution uses 2 data sources to get complete picture of IBM Cloud configuration and its resource utilization:

IBM Cloud REST API (for configuration and mapping purposes)
OS agent (for performance data)

Supported operating systems:

AIX
Linux
Linux on Power
IBMi - not yet, it will be supported in future releases

OS agent

refer here

IBM Cloud REST API

It requires Viewer and Reader user rights on the IBM Cloud:
Create user access in the IBM Cloud
Go to IAM settings:
Invite User:
Create access Group:
Add inivited user to access group:
Assign access rules:
Assign specific policies:
1. Wokrspace for Power Virtual Server
2. VPC infrastructure for vpc monitoring
3. Reader and viewer roles and actions:
4. Finally assign access:
Create an API Key that is used for xormon monitoring:
Create it with your prefered privacy options:
Copy key to xormon device configuration:

Configure IBM Cloud

XorMon NG UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Cloud ➡ IBM ➡ New
Run "Test" for configured IBM Cloud host, it must show "OK"
Wait about 1 hour, then refresh the web browser cache by Ctrl-F5

Data is obtained from Azure Monitor API.

Create application under Azure Active Directory

Log in to Microsoft Azure Portal
Switch to Azure Active Directory service
Note down your Tennant ID
Register a new application
Note down "Application (client) ID"
Go to "Certificates & secretes"
Add "New client secret"
Note: you will have to repeat this process if you select expiration date
Note down the Client secret

Add resources to application

Switch to Resource groups
Select your resource group
Note down resource group name and "Subscription ID" in the overview
Go to "Access control (IAM)"
Add role to the resource group
Select "Monitoring Reader" role for the newly registered application and save

Configure Microsoft Azure

XorMon NG UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Cloud ➡ Azure ➡ New
Enter Host Alias, Tenant ID, Client ID, Client Secret, Resource name, Subscription ID
Save and run Connection Test
Run "Test" for configured Azure host, it must show "OK"
Wait about 1 hour, then refresh the web browser cache by Ctrl-F5

Data is obtained from Google Cloud API with Authorization token from Google SDK.

Install Google Cloud SDK

Install as root
Note that XorMon NG Virtual Appliance is shipped with pre-installed Google Cloud SDK.
Follow installation guide, RHEL 7 / CentOS 7 packages
Initialize after installation
```
# gcloud init
```

Login to cloud account with provided link
You must log in to continue. Would you like to log in (Y/n)? Y
Go to the following link in your browser: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth1/auth?code_challenge=...

Enter verification code:

Select the project to be monitored

Pick cloud project to use:
 [1] ...
 [2] ...
 [3] Create a new project
Please enter numeric choice or text value (must exactly match list item):

Default zone is not required

Do you want to configure a default Compute Region and Zone? (Y/n)?  n

Create Service account and download credentials file

Login to google cloud console
Select the project to be monitored
Go to APIs & Services -> Credentials
Click on "Create Credentials" and select "Service Account"
Enter service account name and description, Create
Add "Monitoring Viewer" and "Compute Viewer" roles
Click on "Done"
Edit the new account
Click on "Add Key" and select "Create new key"
Select key type "JSON"
Save the credentials file.

Configure Google Cloud in XorMon NG

XorMon NG UI ➡ Device ➡ Cloud ➡ Google Cloud ➡ New
Enter Host alias
Select the credentials file (json)
Run "Test" for configured GCloud host, it must show "OK"
Wait about 1 hour, then refresh the web browser cache by Ctrl-F5

Data is obtained from Amazon Web Services via AWS CLI.

Install AWS CLI

general install docu

Linux installation

XorMon NG Virtual Appliance

Create monitoring user

Log in to Amazon Web Services Console and switch to IAM
Go to "Users" and add new user
Enter a user name and select a "Programmatic access" as a access type
Select "ReadOnlyAccess" role in the permission section
Create user
Note down "Access key ID" and "Access key secret"

Configure AWS in XorMon NG

XorMon NG UI ➡ Device ➡ Cloud ➡ AWS ➡ New
Enter Access key, Secret key
Select Interval
- 5 minutes for Basic monitoring
- 1 minute for Detailed monitoring
Click on Load regions

Select monitored regions and save configuration
Run "Test" for configured AWS host, it must show "OK"
Wait about 1 hour, then refresh the web browser cache by Ctrl-F5