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Agent Installation

To use the WhaTap NMS, after Sign up, create a project and then install the NMS agent.

Creating a project​

Create a project before installing the agent.

  1. Log in WhaTap monitoring service.

  2. To create a project, on the left of the screen, select All Projects > + Project.

  3. Select a product in Select product for installation.

  4. Configure the settings for Project name, Data server region, and Time zone.

    Create Project

  5. In Notification language setting, select the language for alert messages.

  6. After all settings are finished, select Creating a project.

Note

  • A Data server region refers to a region (a bundle of data centers installed to provide cloud services). Selecting a specific region stores your data in the datacenter that belongs to that region.

  • Time zone is the reference time for generating alerts and reports.

  • To group multiple projects for management, select a group from Project groups or add a group. For more information about grouping, see the following.

  • To add a project with an organization selected, Groups of organization must be set.

Checking the project access key​

Project access key is the unique ID for activating the WhaTap services.

In the installation guide section, select Getting the access key. After automatic reception of project access key, proceed to the next step.

Tip

After a project has been created, the Agent installation page appears automatically. If the Agent installation does not appear, select All projects on the left and then select a newly created project.

Agent Installation​

Install NMS agent

Rocky Linux​

Note

WhaTap's Network Management System supports the Rocky Linux 9.4 environment.

After checking the project access key in the Agent installation guide guidance section, proceed with the installation according to the following instructions.

  1. Execute the following command to register the WhaTap repository.

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.whatap.io/centos/release.gpg
    sudo rpm -Uvh https://repo.whatap.io/centos/5/noarch/whatap-repo-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

  2. Execute the following command to install the package.

    sudo dnf install -y whatap-nms

  3. Execute the following command. Enter the access key and then set the WhaTap server's host.

    # Entering the access key and setting the host 
    sudo wtinitset -a x42vc20h0tcvl-z517iuvl5ac7as-x3df8vn2mfasn9 -s 15.165.146.117

    # Checking the option
    sudo wtinitset --help
    usage: wtinitset [-h] -a LICENSE -s HOST

    Whatap-nms access key manager tool

    options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -a LICENSE, --accesskey LICENSE
    Access key for project
    -s HOST, --server HOST
    Whatap host ip address for data transfer

  4. After installation, execute the following command to check that the NMS agent is running normally.

    sudo service nmscore status

Ubuntu​

Note

WhaTap's Network Management System supports the Ubuntu 22.04 environment.

After checking the project access key in the Agent installation guide guidance section, proceed with the installation according to the following instructions.

  1. Execute the following command to register the WhaTap repository.

    curl -s https://repo.whatap.io/debian/release.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whatap-release.gpg > /dev/null
    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whatap-release.gpg] https://repo.whatap.io/debian unstable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whatap.list

  2. Execute the following command to install the package.

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install -y whatap-nms

  3. Execute the following command. Enter the access key and then set the WhaTap server's host.

    # Entering the access key and setting the host 
    sudo wtinitset -a x42vc20h0tcvl-z517iuvl5ac7as-x3df8vn2mfasn9 -s 15.165.146.117

    # Checking the option
    sudo wtinitset --help
    usage: wtinitset [-h] -a LICENSE -s HOST

    Whatap-nms access key manager tool

    options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -a LICENSE, --accesskey LICENSE
    Access key for project
    -s HOST, --server HOST
    Whatap host ip address for data transfer

  4. After installation, execute the following command to check that the NMS agent is running normally.

    sudo service nmscore status