OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring OneSight Virtual Agent Monitors
Proxy Server Settings – If your network makes use of a proxy server, you
can specify this information here. Check Use a proxy server and add the
information below.
If you find that a OneSight URL monitor fails to reach a URL when your
browser successfully connects to the same URL, check your proxy server
settings in your browser. For example, in Internet Explorer, select
Internet Options from the Tools menu and then click LAN settings on
the Connections tab. If proxy server settings are configured for your
browser, they may also need to be configured for the URL monitor.
Use a proxy server – When selected, OneSight uses the specified
proxy server for this monitor.
Proxy Host – The name or IP address of the proxy server.
Port – The port of the proxy server.
Proxy User Name – The proxy server login user name.
Password – The proxy server login password.
Configuring OneSight Virtual Agent Monitors
You can set up OneSight Virtual Agent monitors to run an
executable program from the command line of the system. You
specify a Perl expression to return metrics from the command.
OneSight Virtual Agent is an easy way to execute operating system
or custom programs on a host and return specific metrics. The
OneSight Virtual Agent monitor executes at specified time
intervals.
At specified time intervals, the OneSight Virtual Agent monitor
executes the specified command. The monitor sets an alert if unable
to execute the command.
Note: If you are using SSH private key files or using SSH with a user
name and password, you must download the OpenSSH ganymed-
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