Monitoring your first host

Make sure you have read Centreon basics before monitoring your first host.

Monitoring a host

We recommend installing the Centreon Monitoring Agent (CMA), a piece of software that monitors the host it is installed on, collecting metrics and computing statuses to send to Centreon. When you install CMA, a host is automatically created for it.

To monitor a host in Centreon Cloud:

1. Create the host with the Add button in Configuration > Hosts > Hosts.
2. Link the new host to the poller you want it to be monitored by.
3. Link the new host to the correct template provided by a Monitoring Connector.
4. Export the configuration. The resource will appear in the Monitoring > Resources status page shortly, where you can track any changes in status.

See also

Tutorials are provided to help you set up your monitoring.

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