Extended Monitoring Guide

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3. Enable Monitoring

  1. Navigate to the device in the Zenoss interface.

  2. From the page menu, select MoreTemplates.

  3. From the table menu, select Bind Templates to display the Bind Performance Templates dialog.

  4. To add the Jabber template and retain other performance templates, hold down the control key while clicking on the Jabber entry.

  5. Click on the Jabber template and change options as needed. Click Save to save your changes.

    Table 8.2. Jabber Data Source Options

    OptionDescription

    Timeout (seconds)

    Seconds before connection times out (default: 60)

    Port

    The port on which the Jabber server is listening. Typically this is port 5223.

    Send String

    string to send to the server : default

    <stream:stream to='${dev/id}'
    xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams'>

    Expect String

    String to expect in server response.

    <stream>

  6. Click OK.

    The Jabber template should now be displayed under the Performance Templates for Device. You can now start collecting the Jabber server metrics from this device.

  7. Navigate to the Perf tab and you should see some placeholders for graphs. After approximately fifteen minutes you should see the graphs start to become populated with information.