can i configure solarwinds agent for linux to get more infomation ?
for example get information about RX error, dropped, overruns
the output of this command "ethtool -S eno1 | grep -i crc"
Not sure about the agent, but you can extend SNMP to pull in extra information, then pull that in via custom poller/device template.
i think the agent is not customizable to fetch specific parameter.
I think @monitoringlife is indicating that creating a custom polling job via the undp poller and assigning it to that node will cause the agent to run that job. Otherwise, I agree that you cannot really modify the agent itself.
That sounds like a SAM monitor. Which could be executed from the agent.
@SteveK
Would it be possible for you to explain more and give me an example?
I may need to correct myself. The agent might not be able to run a undp (universal device poller) job. The kb I checked was a bit old, but probably still relevant. Otherwise - SAM template as noted below.
yes, we can customize undp to poll spicific SNMP data, but all metric does not have SNMP OID and in some case solarwinds will not allow (or i do not know how) to get OID information. here is my new post to getting help about how get mikrotik queue information by OID that Mikrotik will generate randomlythwack.solarwinds.com/.../how-can-i-add-mikrotik-specific-queue-traffic-graph
I never completely understood why SolarWinds did this with the agent?
With the agent installed you need to use SAM to monitor the network interfaces to this level. With SNMP its NPM.
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Comparison-of-Linux-agent-versus-agentless?language=en_US
So I guess its worth running list resources on a linux node with the agent installed to see if you can capture the metrics you need.
Here is one of my SNMP nodes :
Does it now show up the same if you run the Linux agent? I'm trying to get them to install the agents for Linux and this would be a consideration for us but as we run both SAM and NPM it won't be a big deal.
