Microsoft Active Directory

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Overview

This Monitoring Connector monitors AD Domain Controller using local commands and the Centreon NSClient++ agent to trigger their executions remotely.

Pack assets

Monitored objects

• Active Directory domain controller, including:
  • Netdom connectivity
  • dfsr backlog
  • dcdiag

Collected metrics

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Prerequisites

Centreon NSClient++

To monitor an Active Directory domain controller through NRPE, install the Centreon packaged version of the NSClient++ agent. Please follow our official documentation and make sure that the NRPE Server configuration is correct.

Installation

Online License

1. Install the Centreon NRPE Client package on every Poller expected to monitor Active Directory:

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

2. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack Active Directory from the Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager page

Offline License

1. Install the Centreon package on every Poller expected to monitor Active Directory:

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

2. Install the Centreon Pack RPM on the Central server:

yum install centreon-pack-infrastructure-active-directory-nrpe

3. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack Active Directory from the Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager page

Host configuration

• Log into Centreon and add a new Host through Configuration > Hosts.
• Apply the Infra-ActiveDirectory-NRPE-custom template and configure all the mandatory Macros:

Mandatory	Name	Description
X	NRPECLIENT	NRPE Plugin binary to use (Default: 'check_centreon_nrpe')
X	NRPEPORT	NRPE Port of the target server (Default: '5666')
X	NRPETIMEOUT	Timeout value (Default: '30')
X	NRPEEXTRAOPTIONS	Extraoptions to use with the NRPE binary (default: '-u -m 8192')