The Monitoring Agents view provides an overview of monitoring agents, and allows you to create, configure and group them.

Buttons at the top of the view allow you to perform common actions.

	Button	Description

	Button	Description
Add New Group	Create Group Add.
Add New Agent	Add Agent Add.
Configuration Resources	Agent installation Agent Resources.

Add

Adding an agent into LoadTest Portal creates a controller for it and defines a ticket to use for configuration of the client connection to LoadTest Portal.

Item	Description

Item	Description
Name	Identifier for the agent.
Group	Agent Group to connect the agent to.
Ticket	Ticket for Configure.

Add New Agent

Start in the Setup Menu view

Click Add New Agent

The Create New Agent dialog opens:

The ticket is generated automatically.

Enter a name for the agent

Enter (part of) the name of the desired group
Select group from the dropdown menu

Make note of the Ticket for configuration
Click Create

The agent is added to the list in the selected group(s).

Edit

You can modify the name and group for existing agents, or just open it to view the ticket or available counters.

Item	Description	Comment

Item	Description	Comment
Name	Identifier for the agent.
Group	Agent Group to connect the agent to.	Multiple groups can be added.
Ticket	Ticket for Configure.	Not editable.
Counters	Server counters provided by the agent.	Not editable. Can be accessed as metrics for result charts and reports.

Edit Agent

Start in the Setup Menu view

The Create New Agent dialog opens:

The ticket and counters are not editable.

Enter a name for the agent

Enter (part of) the name of the desired group
Select group from the dropdown menu
Click Save

Configure

In order for Agent clients to be able to be used with LoadTest Portal, they need to be configured with the ticket generated when the agent is added.

View

The ticket neeeds to be added to the configuration file for the agent on the server where it is installed.

This is normally done when installing the agent, but can be done at any time.

Agents Search

The Search sections contain filters allowing you to choose which agents to display, and buttons control group display.

Item	Description

Item	Description
Search	Find agents by free-text search in any field.
Group	Show agents in the selected group.
Configured Agents	Toggle to hide or show agents that have not been configured.

Button	Description

Button	Description
Expand All Groups	Show contents of all groups.
Collapse All Groups	Hide contents of all groups.

Group

Agent Groups are used to organize agents and display information about them. Any agent not in a specified group are automatically part of the Ungrouped group.

Column	Description	Comment

Column	Description	Comment
Connected To	Associated project.
Name	Identifier for agent.
Hostname	Hostname for agent.	This may be hidden due to agent settings.
IP	IP address of the agent.	This may be hidden due to agent settings.
OS	Agent operating system.	`Linux` `Windows` `MacOs X`
Ticket	Ticket ID for the agent.
Status	Agent status.	`Configured`
Last Heartbeat	Last heartbeat and timestamp.	Connected / Disconnected
Last Connect	Last connection timestamp.
Actions	Possible actions to perform on the agent.
/	Checkbox to select the agent for configuration or other action.	(Displays additional group buttons.)

Buttons

Button	Description

Button	Description
	Collapse group.
	Expand group.
Add Agents To Group	Connect Agents to an Add Agents.
Remove Agents From Group	Remove connection to current group.
Delete Agents	Remove selected agents from LoadTest Portal.
Add Group To Projects	Connect group to an Connect To Project.
Delete Group	Remove the group.

Agent Actions

Icon	Item	Description

Icon	Item	Description
	Edit	Open the Agent Edit dialog.
	Delete	Remove the agent from LoadTest Portal.

Add

You can create agent groups and simultaneously add agents to the group.

Add New Group

Start in the Setup Menu view

Click Add New Group

The Add Group dialog opens:

For a new group, you can set the name and add any existing agents to the group.

Enter a name for the group

If you are looking for ungrouped agents:
Check the Ungrouped agents

Enter (part of) the name of the desired agent

Mark the agents to include in the group

Click Create

The Group is added to the view, and the included agents shown.

Add Agents

Agents already in a group (it can be the Ungrouped group) can quickly be added to other groups.

Add Agents To Group

To add agents to groups:

Start with an existing group

Select the agents to add

Click Add Agents To Groups

Enter (part of) the name of the desired group

Select a group from the menu

The group is added to the list.

Click Add

The selected agent are added to the chosen groups.

Connect to Project

Agent groups can be connected to project for administrative purposes.

View

Add Group To Project

To connect a group to a project:

Select the group you want to connect

Click Connect Group To Projects

The Connect To Projects dialog opens.

Enter (part of) the name of the desired project

Select the project from the dropdown menu

The agent or group is added to the Projects box.

Click Connect

The group is updated: