Provider Host

This agent does not perform any work by itself, but can serve as a host for custom providers. Use it as a testbed when creating your own providers.

Local/Remote Modes

The agent supports both local and remote modes.

Supported Versions

Does not apply.

Configuration

This agent is used as a base when you install a new custom agent. Depending on the template selected, the following configurations are available:

  • For the SQL template:
    • Username: used when logging in to the database system
    • Password: used when logging in to the database system
    • Database: name of the database to connect to
    • Port: if needed, the port number of the database server.
  • For the Java template and for the Process template a set of generic parameters are provided. The meaning of each one can vary for different providers.

Please see "Monitoring Custom Data" for details on how to access these parameters from the provider.

Contents

Will contain the set of entities and counters returned by providers.