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Getting Started

  • Installation & first steps
  • Tutorials

    • Introduction
    • Create a custom view
    • Create a graphical view
    • Model your IT services
    • Analyze resources availability

Installation

  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Architectures
  • Download
  • Installation of a Central server

    • Using Centreon ISO
    • Using packages
    • Using virtual machines (VMs)
    • Using sources
  • Web And Post Installation
  • Installation of a Poller

    • Using Centreon ISO
    • Using packages

    Installation of a Remote server

    • Using Centreon ISO
    • Using packages
  • What is Centreon CEIP?

Monitoring

  • About Monitoring
  • Generic actions
  • Basic Objects

    • Macros
    • Commands
    • Time periods
    • Contacts
    • Hosts
    • Services
    • Meta Services
  • Templates
  • Plugin Packs
  • Monitoring Servers

    • Add a Poller to configuration
    • Add a Remote Server to configuration
    • Communications
    • Deploying a configuration
    • Advanced configuration
  • Groups & Categories
  • Passive Monitoring

    • Enable SNMP Traps
    • Create SNMP Traps definitions
    • Monitoring with SNMP Traps
    • Debug SNMP Traps management
    • Dynamic Service Management
  • Anomaly detection
  • Discovery

    • Introduction
    • Installation
    • Hosts Discovery
    • Services Discovery
    • Administration
  • Auto Remediation
  • Import/Export

Alerts & Notifications

  • Concepts
  • Events view (beta)
  • Event console
  • Manage Alerts
  • Notification

    • Concept
    • Configuration
    • Dependencies
    • Escalation
    • Flapping
    • To go further
  • Ticketing
  • Event Logs

Performance graphs

  • Charts managment
  • Graph template
  • Curves
  • Virtual metrics

Service Mapping

  • Introduction to Centreon BAM
  • Guide

    • Manage Business Activities
    • Monitor Business Activities
    • Report Business Activities
    • Settings
    • Widgets

    Administrate

    • Install Centreon BAM extension
    • Update the extension
    • Upgrade the extension
    • Migrate the extension
    • Install on a Remote Server

Graphical views

  • Introduction to Centreon MAP
  • Guide

    • Create a standard view
    • Create a geo view
    • Display views
    • Share a view

    Administrate

    • Install Centreon MAP extension
    • Update the extension
    • Upgrade the extension
    • Migrate the extension
    • Configure
    • Install on a Remote server
    • Procedures
    • Known issues
  • Release notes

Reporting

  • Introduction to Centreon MBI
  • Guide

    • Generate reports
    • Available reports
    • Widgets
    • Configure
    • Concepts
    • Report development

    Administrate

    • Install Centreon MBI extension
    • Update the extension
    • Upgrade the extension
    • Migrate the extension
    • Backup & restore

Administration

  • Secure your platform
  • Parameters

    • Centreon UI
    • Monitoring
    • Gorgone
    • LDAP
    • RRDTool
    • Debug
    • Data management
    • Medias
  • Access Control Lists
  • Extensions
  • Database partitioning
  • Centreon HA

    • Architectures
    • Installing a Centreon HA 2-nodes cluster
    • Installing a Centreon HA 4-nodes cluster
    • Monitoring Centreon-HA
    • Operating guide
    • Updating Centreon-HA platform
    • Upgrade from Centreon-Failover to Centreon-HA
    • Troubleshooting guide
  • Backup
  • Knowledge Base
  • Logging configuration changes
  • Platform statistics

Update, Upgrade & Migrate

    Update

    • Update a Centreon 20.04 platform

    Upgrade

    • Introduction to upgrade
    • Upgrade from Centreon 19.10
    • Upgrade from Centreon 19.04
    • Upgrade from Centreon 18.10
    • Upgrade from Centreon 3.4

    Migrate

    • Introduction
    • Migrate from a Centreon 3.4 platform
    • Nagios Reader to Centreon CLAPI
    • Migrate a platform with Poller Display module

Plugin Packs

  • Introduction to Plugin Packs
  • Tutorials

    • Collect OpenMetrics

    Applications

    • 3CX
    • Active Directory API
    • ActiveMQ JMX
    • Alyvix Server
    • Ansible
    • Ansible Tower
    • Antivirus ClamAV
    • Apache Server
    • Asterisk VoIP Server
    • Asterisk VoIP SNMP
    • Bind9 Web
    • BlueMind SSH
    • Cassandra
    • Cisco CMS
    • Cisco ISE
    • Cisco SSMS
    • Commvault CommServe Rest API
    • DRBD SSH
    • Dynatrace Rest API
    • Exchange 2010 API
    • Github
    • Github
    • Google Gsuite
    • Haproxy SNMP
    • Hibernate
    • IBM Tivoli Storage M
    • Microsoft IIS Server Restapi
    • Microsoft IIS Server NSClient API (Deprecated)
    • JBoss Server
    • Jenkins
    • Kafka
    • Kaspersky
    • Keepalived SNMP
    • Lync 2013
    • Maltem Insight Rest API
    • IP-Label datametrie API
    • IP-Label Newtest Rest API
    • McAfee Web Gateway
    • Microsoft Cluster Se
    • Microsoft IIS Server NRPE (Deprecated)
    • Microsoft SCCM
    • Microsoft WSUS
    • MS Active Directory
    • MS Biztalk
    • Graylog
    • MS Exchange 2K10
    • BlueMind
    • Mulesoft Anypoint
    • Netbackup Rest API
    • Netdata RestAPI
    • Nginx Server
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    • OpenHeadend
    • OpenLDAP
    • OpenMetrics
    • OpenVPN OMI
    • OpenWeatherMap
    • Oracle VM Manager API
    • Pacemaker
    • Peoplesoft
    • Pfsense Fauxapi
    • PHP APC
    • PHP FPM
    • PVX
    • Quadstor
    • RabbitMQ RestAPI
    • Rapid Recovery SNMP
    • Redis Cli
    • Redis Restapi
    • Rubrik Rest API
    • Rudder
    • Salesforce
    • SAP HANA
    • SCOM Rest API
    • Gorgone Restapi
    • Selenium
    • Sendmail
    • Skype 2015
    • Solr
    • Squid SNMP
    • Symantec Netbackup
    • Tomcat JMX
    • Tomcat Webmanager
    • TrendMicro Iwsva
    • Varnish NRPE
    • Veeam
    • Veeam API
    • VerneMQ Restapi
    • VMware VCSA RestAPI
    • VTOM
    • Wazuh Rest API
    • Weblogic Server
    • ZIXI
    • Zookeeper

    Centreon

    • Centreon Central
    • Centreon Database
    • Centreon-HA
    • Centreon Map
    • Centreon Map4
    • Centreon MBI
    • Centreon Poller

    Cloud

    • Amazon API Gateway
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Amazon CloudWatch
    • Amazon CloudWatch Logs
    • Amazon EBS
    • Amazon EC2
    • Amazon ElastiCache
    • Amazon EFS
    • Amazon Kinesis
    • Amazon RDS
    • Amazon S3
    • Amazon SES
    • Amazon SNS
    • Amazon SQS
    • AWS Billing
    • AWS ELB
    • AWS Health
    • AWS Lambda
    • AWS Transit Gateway
    • AWS VPN
    • Azure ExpressRoute
    • Azure Log Analytics
    • Azure Monitor
    • Azure Network Interface
    • Azure Recovery
    • Azure Resource
    • Azure SQL Database
    • Azure SQL Server
    • Azure Storage Account
    • Azure Virtual Machine
    • Azure Virtual Network
    • Azure VPN Gateway
    • cAdvisor
    • Cloud Foundry
    • Docker
    • IBM Softlayer
    • Kubernetes API
    • Kubernetes w/ Prometheus
    • Office 365
    • Office365 Exchange
    • Office365 OneDrive
    • Office365 SharePoint
    • Office365 Skype
    • Office365 Teams
    • OVH
    • Prometheus Server
    • Node Exporter
    • VMware VeloCloud

    Database

    • CouchDB Rest API
    • Elasticsearch
    • Elasticsearch (Deprecated)
    • Firebird
    • InfluxDB
    • Informix DB
    • Informix DB SNMP
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • MongoDB
    • MySQL/MariaDB
    • Oracle Database
    • PostgreSQL DB
    • RRDtool
    • Sybase
    • Warp10 Sensision

    Hardware Server

    • Adder AIM SNMP
    • AEG ACM
    • Avocent ACS 6000
    • Axis Video
    • Cisco Collaboration Endpoint Rest API
    • Cisco UCS
    • Dell CMC
    • Dell iDRAC
    • Dell OpenManage
    • Eltek eNexus SNMP
    • Fujitsu Server SNMP
    • Hanwha camera SNMP
    • Hikvision camera SNMP
    • HMS Ewon SNMP
    • Timelinkmicro Tms6001
    • HP Blade Chassis
    • HP Ilo Rest API
    • HP Ilo XMLAPI
    • HP OneView Rest API
    • HP Proliant
    • Huawei HMM
    • Huawei iBMC
    • IBM BladeCenter
    • IBM IMM
    • Lenovo XCC SNMP
    • Cisco Telepresence System SNMP
    • Masterclock NTP100GP
    • Pexip Infinity ManagementAPI
    • Polycom GroupSeries SNMP
    • Polycom Trio Rest API
    • Safenet Keysecure
    • Sun MgmtCard
    • Sun Mseries
    • Sun SFxxK
    • Supermicro

    Network

    • 3com Network
    • A10 AX
    • Acme Packet
    • Adva FSP 150 SNMP
    • Adva FSP 3000 SNMP
    • Aerohive
    • Alcatel Omniswitch
    • Allied Telesis SNMP
    • Alvarion BreezeACCESS SNMP
    • Arista Switch
    • Arkoon
    • Aruba Instant SNMP
    • Aruba Standard
    • Atrica Routeur
    • Atto Fibrebridge SNMP
    • Barracuda Cloudgen SNMP
    • Bee Ware
    • BGP Protocol SNMP
    • Bluecoat generic
    • Brocade Switch
    • CheckPoint firewall
    • Cisco Apic
    • Cisco ASA
    • Cisco Call Manager
    • Cisco Callmanager SXML
    • Cisco ESA XMLAPI
    • Cisco Firepower Management Console Rest API
    • Cisco IronPort
    • Cisco Meraki Rest API
    • Cisco Meraki
    • Cisco Prime
    • Cisco Small Business
    • Cisco Standard
    • Cisco Standard SSH
    • Cisco VCS
    • Cisco Voice Gateway
    • Cisco Waas
    • Cisco WLC
    • Citrix Acceleration
    • Citrix Netscaler
    • Citrix SDX
    • Colubris SNMP
    • Cyberoam
    • D-Link DGS 3100
    • D-Link standard SNMP
    • Dell 6200
    • Dell 6200 SNMP
    • Dell N4000
    • Dell OS10 SNMP
    • Dell S-series
    • Dell Xseries
    • Digi Anywhere USB
    • Digi PortServers TS
    • Digi PortServers TS
    • Digi Sarian
    • Efficienti IP
    • Evertz FC7800
    • Extreme Network
    • F5 BigIP
    • Lenovo Flex System Switch
    • Fortinet FortiAuthenticator SNMP
    • Fortinet Fortigate
    • Fortinet Fortimanage
    • Freebox
    • FritzBox
    • Gorgy NTP Server
    • H3C Network
    • Hirschmann switch
    • HP Procurve
    • HP Standard Network
    • HP Virtual Connect
    • Huawei
    • Infoblox SNMP
    • Juniper EX Series
    • Juniper GGSN
    • Juniper ISG
    • Juniper M-Series
    • Juniper Mag
    • Juniper SA
    • Juniper SRX
    • Juniper SSG
    • Juniper Trapeze
    • Kemp Loadbalancer
    • Mikrotik SNMP
    • Mitel 3300ICP
    • Moxa Switch
    • Mrv Optiswitch
    • NetASQ Network
    • Netgear MSeries
    • Netscaler MPX 8000
    • Nokia TiMos
    • Nortel Standard
    • Omniswitch 6850
    • OneAccess Network
    • Oracle Infiniband
    • Palo Alto firewall SNMP
    • Palo Alto firewall SSH
    • Peplink Balance
    • Peplink Pepwave SNMP
    • Perle IDS SNMP
    • pfSense
    • Rad Airmux SNMP
    • Radware Alteon
    • Raisecom
    • RedBack Router
    • Riverbed Interceptor
    • Riverbed SteelHead
    • Ruckus
    • Ruckus Zonedirector
    • Ruckus ICX
    • Ruckus SCG
    • Ruckus Smartzone
    • Ruggedcom Network
    • Silverpeak
    • Sonicwall
    • Sophos ES
    • Stonesoft
    • Stormshield SNMP
    • Stormshield SSH
    • Teltonika SNMP
    • Traffic Director
    • Ucopia
    • Watchguard
    • Zyxel
    • Versa SNMP
    • Versa Director Restapi

    Operating System

    • AIX SNMP
    • Base Pack
    • FreeBSD SNMP
    • HP-UX
    • IBM AS400
    • Linux NRPE
    • Linux NRPE3
    • Linux SNMP
    • Linux SSH
    • Mac SNMP
    • Solaris SNMP
    • Windows NRPE
    • Windows NRPE 0.5
    • Windows NSClient API
    • Windows SNMP

    Printer

    • Printer standard

    Protocol

    • BGP Protocol
    • DHCP Server
    • DNS Service
    • FTP Server
    • Generic SNMP
    • HTTP Server
    • IMAP Server
    • JMX value
    • LDAP Server
    • Modbus
    • NTP Server
    • OSPF Protocol
    • POP Server
    • Protocol DHCP
    • Protocol SSH
    • Protocol TCP
    • Protocol UDP
    • Radius Service
    • SMTP Server
    • Telnet Scenario
    • TFTP Server
    • X509 Certificat

    Sensor

    • ABB CMS-700
    • AKCP Sensor
    • Geist p8000 sensor SNMP
    • Geist Sensor SNMP
    • HWg-STE Sensor
    • Jacarta Sensor
    • LM Sensors
    • Netbotz Sensor
    • Sensor IP
    • SensorGateway
    • Sensormetrix

    Storage

    • Adic Tape SNMP
    • Avid Isis
    • Buffalo TeraStation SNMP
    • Dell Compellent
    • Dell Compellent API
    • Dell Equallogic
    • Dell FluidFS
    • Dell MD3000
    • Dell Me4 Rest API
    • Dell ML6000
    • Dell TL2000
    • EMC Celerra
    • EMC Clariion
    • EMC Data Domain
    • EMC Isilon
    • EMC RecoveryPoint
    • EMC Symmetrix API
    • EMC Symmetrix NRPE
    • EMC Unisphere Rest API
    • EMC Vplex
    • EMC Xtremio
    • Exagrid
    • Fujitsu Eternus DX
    • Hitachi HCP SNMP
    • Hitachi NAS
    • Hitachi Standard
    • HP 3PAR 7000
    • HP 3PAR SSH
    • HP EVA
    • HP Lefthand
    • HP MSA2000
    • HP MSL
    • HP P2000
    • HP StoreOnce
    • HP StoreOnce SSH
    • IBM DS3000
    • IBM DS4000
    • IBM DS5000
    • IBM FlashSystem 900
    • IBM Storwize
    • IBM TS2900
    • IBM TS3100
    • IBM TS3200
    • IBM TS3500
    • Kaminario RestAPI
    • Lenovo S Series
    • NetApp Ontap OnCommand API
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    • NetApp Ontap SNMP
    • Netapp Santricity Restapi
    • Netgear Readynas SNMP
    • Nimble Storage
    • Nimble Storage Rest API
    • Oracle ZFS
    • Oracle ZS
    • Overland Neo
    • Panzura
    • Pure Storage RestAPI
    • Qnap
    • QSAN NAS
    • Quantum DXi Series
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    • Storagetek SL
    • Synology
    • Violin Memory 3000

    Toip Voip

    • Alcatel OXE
    • Asterisk VoIP Server
    • AudioCodes
    • Avaya AES SNMP
    • Avaya Media Gateway SNMP
    • Polycom DMA SNMP
    • Polycom HDX SNMP
    • Polycom RMX
    • Polycom RPRM SNMP
    • Sonus SBC
    • XiVO VoIP Server

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    • Alpha UPS SNMP
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    • Eaton ATS SNMP
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    • Emerson PDU
    • HP UPS SNMP
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    • Nitram UPS SNMP
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    • Raritan PDU
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    Virtualization

    • Hyper-V 2012
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    • VMware ESX WS-MAN
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Integrations

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    • ServiceNow MID Server
    • Splunk Metrics
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    • Warp10

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  • Graphical views API (beta)

Developer resources

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  • How to write a module
  • How to write a Stream Connector
  • How to translate Centreon
  • How to write a widget
  • Centreon Broker

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    • The BBDO protocol
    • Centreon Broker Event Mapping

Releases

  • Centreon Platform 20.04.0
  • Products lifecycle policy
  • Release notes by component

    • Centreon Core
    • Commercial Extensions
    • Open Source Extensions
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Templates

Definition

A Template is a pre-configuration of settings of an object that could be used to configure it. The main advantage is to be able to define default values for certain objects to speed up the creation of similar objects.

On creation of a Template, only the template name is mandatory. The other attributes are optional.

There are 3 types of templates:

  • Hosts Templates
  • Services Templates
  • Contacts Templates

The advantages are:

  • Simplified element definition
  • No duplication of data
  • Facility of addition of new resources
  • Predefined configurations assimilated to a “catalog of indicators”
  • Templates can inherit from other templates.

Host Templates

Inheritance

A host or a host template can inherit from one or more host templates. This heritage may be:

  • associative (addition of multiple host templates)
  • parent-child type

Parent-child type inheritance

This is a predefinition of settings at “n” levels. The object inherits from its Template which can itself inherit from its Template. If the child redefines a setting, this setting overwrites that defined in the higher level templates. Otherwise it is added to the settings.

Associative type inheritance

This consists of adding together several templates within the same object in order to add together all the settings available. If a host inherits from several host templates and if the same setting is defined on several templates, the host templates situated above the other templates has priority in relation to its ancestors.

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The diagram below shows a host inheriting from multiple host templates.

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Configuration

To add a host template:

Go into the Configuration > Hosts > Templates menu and click on Add

Refer to the chapter covering configuration of hosts to configure a template because the form is identical.

By default, locked host templates are hidden. Check the "Locked elements" box to list all templates.

Services Templates

Inheritance

A service or a service template can only inherit from a single service template (parent-child type inheritance).

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Configuration

To add a Service Template:

Go into the Configuration > Services > Templates menu and click on Add

Refer to the chapter covering configuration of services to configure a template because the form is identical.

By default, locked service templates are hidden. Check the "Locked elements" box to list all templates.

Best practice

Explanations

Good practice requires that services templates be associated with host's templates: on creation of a host, the services are generated automatically from host's templates. There are two advantages in linking services templates to hosts templates:

  • The services generated automatically retain their granularity: it is possible to change the Attributes of a service without affecting the other services obtained from this template
  • The creation of new hosts is speeded up greatly: you simply have to define the host and the host's templates associated with it

E.g.: We create the srvi-web-01 host according to the template below:

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The host srvi-web-01 will automatically possess the following services:

  • Load, CPU, Memory, disk-/ from services templates linked to the host template “Linux-Server-RedHat-5”
  • Broken-jobs, hit-ratio, tablespaces, listener from services templates linked to the host template “DB-MySQL”
  • Process and connection from services templates linked to the host template “Web-Server-Apache”

When the services of a host are generated from host's templates, it is possible that certain services generated are not checked by the supervision tool. In this case, it is necessary to disable the services that are not used (but not to delete them). In case of deletion of services, regeneration of services of the host from host's templates will re-create the services deleted.

Configuration

The linking of services templates with host's templates takes place in the Relations tab of the services templates or hosts templates.

Contact Templates

A contact or a contact template can only inherit one contact template.

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Configuration

To add a contact template:

Go into the menu: Configuration > Users > Contact Templates menu and click on Add

Refer to the chapter covering configuration of contacts. In addition, the contacts templates are used for automatic import of profiles via LDAP

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    • Configuration
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