products:cockpit:1.0:userguide:monitoring:profiles
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Profiles
A profile is a set of customized monitors, defining how to monitor a given type of system You can create your first profiles from a predefined list, or build it from scratch by using Redpeaks's monitoring library Profiles are then associated to connectors, defining the data to collect and the checks to perform.
Purpose
- Define global monitoring settings
- Customize and fine tune monitoring
- Centralized control of large landscape monitoring
- To create several monitoring templates relevant for the various types and roles of monitored systems
Definition
- A profile is defined by:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The display name of the profile |
| Type | The type of connector to associate with |
| Description | An optional description |
| Monitors | The list of monitors to include in the profile |
Profile table
The profile table allows to:
- Assign a profile to connectors with Assign action
- Add new monitors in the profile with Assign monitors action
- Clone a profile
- Bulk delete profiles
- Open profile configuration by clicking on profile name
Profile monitors
- The profile monitor list displays the associated monitors
- You can bulk change monitor states and edit each individual monitor from table actions
- To click on a monitor name will open its configuration
When you customize and save a monitor, the changes will be immediately used by all associated connectors
Master profiles
- Master profiles have been created to control the content and customization of multiple other profiles.
- Those profiles are called Supervised, they inherit from one master.
- All changes applied to a master profile will be propagated to each supervised profiles:
- Adding/Removing monitors
- Customization of monitors
- This allows enforcing a monitoring standard across several other (supervised) profiles, while allowing customizing
- A Master profile is a template meant to create supervised templates.
- It strictly defines the monitors that each derived supervised profile can have
- It cannot be assigned directly to a connector
- Adding or removing monitors from a master profile will be applied on all its supervised profiles too.
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