Proxmox VE
Prerequisites
Centreon Plugin
Install this plugin on each needed poller:
yum install centreon-plugin-Virtualization-Proxmox-Ve-Restapi
RestAPI Configuration
API user need to have this privileges:
# VM.Monitor, VM.Audit, Datastore.Audit, Sys.Audit, Sys.Syslog'
Troubleshooting
To check if you access to the api, you can run the following command :
# curl -k -d "username=root@pam&password=yourpassword" https://10.0.0.1:8006/api2/json/access/ticket
Centreon Configuration
Create a host using the appropriate template
Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Host name | Name of the host |
| Alias | Host description |
| IP | Host IP Address |
| Monitored from | Monitoring Poller to use |
| Host Multiple Templates | Virt-Promox-Pe-Restapi-Custom |
Host Macro Configuration
The following macros must be configured on host:
Macro
Description
Default value
Example
PROXMOXAPIPORT
Port used to connect to the Proxmox API
8006
443
PROXMOXAPIUSERNAME
the Proxmox API user
PROXMOXAPIUSERNAME
monitoring
PROXMOXAPIPASSWORD
the Proxmox API user's password
PROXMOXAPIPASSWORD
HuGr6834
PROXMOXAPIREALM
the Proxmox API authentication mechanism
pam
pve
PROXMOXAPIPROTO
the Proxmox API protocol
https
http
Click on the Save button.