Getting Started - Part 2

Once the Onboarding Wizard is completed, the user will now have a new account with a local Obkio Monitoring Agent running to collect network and application performance metrics. But that's only the beginning.

At this point, users should consider improving the configuration by adding more meaningful metrics tailored to their use case. The central piece of Obkio is the Monitoring Agent, so adding extra agents should be the next step.

The part 2 of this Getting Started guide shows users how to add more Obkio Agents and refine the configuration of their Obkio account.

Obkio is best used with at least one Monitoring Agent running in each enterprise location. Here's how to add extra Obkio Agents to cover more locations :

1. Click on the Agents tab.
2. Click on the Plus (+) icon, located on the top right of the screen.
3. Click on Create new agent.
4. Select Software and click on Next.
5. Select Client Only and click on Next.
6. Specify the desired name of the new agent and select the My Agents group from the dropdown menu available in the Add Agent to Groups parameter. Then click on Create.
7. Install the agent on the host where the agent will run and gather network and application performance metrics.
8. Click on the Home tab and confirm that the agent is online. The lines coming from the agent should turn green within 5 minutes following the agent installation.

These steps teaches users how to add another Agent in the account to monitor network performance from an Internet standpoint. This is just an example of how to deploy an Obkio Agent, but there are multiple ways to deploy agents to cover multiple use cases. Read more on this in the Next Steps section below.

Once more agents are installed, it users should customize the default configuration, obtained from the setup guide, to the fit their needs.

1. Here's how to rename the first local Obkio Agent deployed:

   1. Click on the Agent tab.
   2. Click on the My Agent agent.
   3. Click on the three dots icon, located on the top right of the screen.
   4. Click on Edit.
   5. Update the name of the agent specified in the Agent Name parameter. An appropriate name could be the name of the office, the user or the VM where the agent is installed.

   6. Click on Save.

      

2. Here's how to rename the group used for local agents:

   1. Click on the Menu icon, located on the bottom left of the screen.
   2. Click on Groups.
   3. Click on the My Agents group.
   4. Update the name of the group specified in the Group Name parameter. An appropriate name could be Branches, Offices, Data Center or Remote Users.

   5. Click on Save.

      

3. Here's how to rename the default Monitoring Template:

   1. Click on the Monitoring tab.
   2. Click on the gear icon, located on the top right of the screen.
   3. Click on the My First Monitoring Template Monitoring Template.
   4. Update the name of the Monitoring Template specified in the Template Name parameter. An appropriate name could be LAN to WAN, Offices to Internet or <<My Company>> to Public Agents.

   5. Click on Save.

      

At this point, the user should have expanded their configuration with more agents and custom names. Here's a list of what could be done next with Obkio :

• Add a Monitoring Template to track site-to-site performance via MPLS or VPN links.
• Add scheduled speedtests for daily testing. Then, add a speedtest scheduled report to receive a weekly emails with results of all the speedtests in an attached spreadsheet.
• Add Application Monitoring to track Teams, Zoom or internal Web applications.
• Add SNMP polling on edge equipment like Firewalls, SD-WAN edge or core Switches to gather meaningful performance metrics from them.
• Create a dashboard for each location to visualize all the network, device and application metrics, giving a centralized point-of-view of all the information gathered.
• Add more Public Monitoring Agents and SD-WAN policies or static routes on SD-WAN equipments to monitor an SD-WAN network.

If you need any help, get in touch with our Support Team.