<WRAP center round info 60%>FMS は **F**lexible **M**onitoring **S**ystem の頭文字です。</WRAP>
<WRAP center round info 60%>FMS は **F**lexible **M**onitoring **S**ystem の頭文字です。</WRAP>
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Pandora FMS currently uses [[http://:en:documentation:01_understanding:03_glossary#agent|agents]] for every operating system on the market. It can, of course, be used successfully not only as a system monitoring tool, but as a monitoring tool for all sorts of network devices, whether it might use SNMP, TCP protocol probes, ICMP, UDP or [[http://:en:documentation:01_understanding:03_glossary#software_agent|software agents]].
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Pandora FMS currently has [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:introduction:03_glossary#agent|agents]] for all operating systems on the market. It can be used successfully not only to monitor systems, but also all kinds of network devices, either using SNMP, through TCP, ICMP and UDP protocol probes or [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:introduction:03_glossary#endpoint|EndPoints]].
* In addition to this official documentation there is a [[https://pandorafms.com/community/|user forum]] where you can ask questions.
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* In addition to this official documentation there is a [[https://pandorafms.com/community/|user forum]] where you can ask questions.
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* There is an [[https://pandorafms.com/es/training/|official training program]] with certification, taught by the people who develop Pandora FMS.
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* There is an [[https://pandorafms.com/es/training/|official training program]] with certification, taught by the people who develop Pandora FMS.
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* The [[en:documentation:pandorafms:quick_guides:start|quick guides]] help to configure Pandora FMS and implement simple monitoring, as well as to install software agents, both for GNU/Linux® and for MS Windows®.
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* The [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:quick_guides:start|quick guides]] help to configure Pandora FMS and implement simple monitoring, as well as to install EndPoints, both for Linux® and for MS Windows®.
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* You can consult more information on our website: [[https://pandorafms.com/en/]].
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* You can consult more information on our website: [[https://pandorafms.com/en/]].
Pandora FMS was born out of a personal development project of its [[http://pandorafms.com/en/pandora-fms-history/|original author, Sancho Lerena, in 2003]]. Originally it was 100% open source code but years later a version oriented towards big companies was needed: Pandora FMS Enterprise, capable of processing large volumes of information through its [[http://:en:documentation:06_metaconsole:01_introduction|Metaconsole]].
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Pandora FMS was born from a personal development of its [[https://pandorafms.com/es/historia-de-pandora-fms/|original author, Sancho Lerena, in 2003]]. Initially it was 100% open source and over the years the need arose to offer a version oriented to large companies: **Pandora FMS Enterprise**, capable of processing large volumes of information through the [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:command_center :01_introduction|Command Center (Metaconsole)]].
* **Auto discovery**: Remotely by network you can detect all its elements, catalog them according to operating system (O.S.) and monitor with an assigned profile.
* **Auto discovery**: Remotely by network you can detect all its elements, catalog them according to operating system (O.S.) and monitor with an assigned profile.
* **Agents**: They can obtain information from the execution of a command to the lowest level call of the MS Windows® API: events, logs, memory consumption, CPU usage, etc. PFMS has a library of default checks for speed.
* **Agents**: They can obtain information from the execution of a command to the lowest level call of the MS Windows® API: events, logs, memory consumption, CPU usage, etc. PFMS has a library of default checks for speed.
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* **Control**: The agents themselves can start services, delete temporary files or run processes. It can be done from the Web Console, remotely executing tasks such as stopping or starting services, including periodic executions. Furthermore, Pandora FMS can be used to remotely access remote systems thanks to [[es:documentation:09_pandora_rc:start|Pandora RC]] (Telnet, VNC or SSH).
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* **Control**: The agents themselves can start services, delete temporary files or run processes. It can be done from the Web Console, remotely executing tasks such as stopping or starting services, including periodic executions. Furthermore, Pandora FMS can be used to remotely access remote systems thanks to [[:en:documentation:09_pandora_rc:start|Pandora RC]] (Telnet, VNC or SSH).
* **Alert and notify**: As important as detecting a failure is notifying it. With Pandora FMS there are several ways and notification formats available.
* **Alert and notify**: As important as detecting a failure is notifying it. With Pandora FMS there are several ways and notification formats available.
* **View and analyze**: Although monitoring is receiving an SNMP trap or viewing an interrupted service, it is also presenting trend reports, summary graphs of data collected over months, generating user portals, delegating reports to third parties or define your own graphs and tables.
* **View and analyze**: Although monitoring is receiving an SNMP trap or viewing an interrupted service, it is also presenting trend reports, summary graphs of data collected over months, generating user portals, delegating reports to third parties or define your own graphs and tables.
* To monitor network environments, the protocol to be chosen is SNMP with an SNMP device external browser, access to the MIB collections from the network device manufacturers (OID libraries) and trap listening. Then it will be added to the custom OID collections of each device. For Unix® and GNU/Linux® systems bear in mind to activate SNMP functions.
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* To monitor network environments the protocol to choose is SNMP with an 'external' explorer of SNMP devices, access to the MIB collections of the manufacturers of their network devices (OID libraries) and listening for traps. Then the "custom" OID collections of each device will be added. For Unix® and Linux® systems, it must be taken into account to activate the SNMP functions.
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* For MS Windows® servers WMI monitoring is quite appropriate and powerful since it is carried out through authentication credentials.
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* For MS Windows® servers, WMI remote monitoring is very appropriate and powerful since it is done with authentication credentials.
Regarding systems and applications, the best way to obtain information is definitely from the system by executing commands, or querying the system data sources from the machine to be monitored itself. Pandora FMS [[http://:en:documentation:01_understanding:03_glossary#software_agent|software agents]] is used to run a command or script, or for any queries on the system or application.
When talking about systems and applications, the best way to obtain information is directly about the system, executing commands or consulting the system's data sources from the machine itself to be monitored. To execute some kind of command, script or make some kind of query about the system or application, the [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:introduction:03_glossary#endpoint|EndPoint]] of Pandora FMS is used.
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In addition to obtaining information through commands, software agents include other advanced fueatures like **obtaining inventory information**. Agents can also be configured to react in case of a problem or a failure, interacting automatically with the system, deleting a temporary file or executing a given command. When software agents have no direct connection to the designated Pandora FMS server, you may use [[http://:en:documentation:05_big_environments:05_satellite|PFMS Satellite Server]] or a broker agent.
EndPoints, in addition to their essential function of obtaining information through commands, include another series of advanced functions, **such as obtaining inventory information**. They can also be configured to act proactively in the event of a problem or failure, automatically interacting with the system, deleting a temporary file or executing a command. When a EndPoint cannot have direct contact with the designated Pandora FMS server, it may use a [[:en:documentation:pandorafms:complex_environments_and_optimization:05_satellite|Satellite Server PFMS]] or an agent broker.