Monitoring Agents

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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:

 

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