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Version: ⭐ 24.10

Accedian PVX Skylight

How it works​

Every PVX-Skylight instance provides XML API endpoints allowing Centreon to perform queries against it.

architecture

Compatibility​

The connector has been tested with the following versions: * PVX version 5.1.1

Requirements​

PVX​

To query PVX API, you need to generate an access key. This key will never expire and the procedure below is an extract from the official documentation <http://docs.performancevision.com/api_use\>.

Follow these steps to get your API key. In each step replace the value of the macros enclosed by '< >' with yours.

Command: curl -k 'https://**\<pvxapihost>**/api/login?user=**<user>**&password=**<password\>**'

Result:

{
    "type": "result",
    "result": "**session:91554086-842b-4b73-9028-c51d20d91b94**"
}

Thanks to the obtained session ID, execute the command below get a secret key

Command: curl -k 'https://<pvxapihost>/api/create-api-key?name=**\<keyname\>**&_session=session:91554086-842b-4b73-9028-c51d20d91b94'

Result:

{
    "type": "result",
    "result": "**secret:e40b1cc6-f629-43a4-8be6-14a9c9f036e0**"
}

In this example the API key is "secret:e40b1cc6-f629-43a4-8be6-14a9c9f036e0".

Centreon​

On each poller connecting to a PVX host, install the plugin:

[root@cps-demo-central ~]# yum install -y centreon-plugin-Applications-Pvx-Restapi.noarch

On your central server, install the plugin-pack through "Configuration > Plugin-Packs > Manager" menu:

install_epp

⚠️ If you are using an offline license: Make sure to install the RPM package first with the command below:

[root@cps-demo-central ~]# yum install -y centreon-pack-applications-pvx-restapi.noarch

Getting started​

You can now deploy hosts based upon the App-Pvx-Application-Restapi-custom.